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Sep 26, 2024

Are we in for another logistics nightmare?

Oct. 1 is the deadline for an agreement between ports and the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.

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Wesley Lapointe for The Washington Post via Getty Images
The deadline for negotiations between the union representing dockworkers and the ports is next week.