Workers at India's major ports have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, just one day before a planned indefinite strike was set to begin. The agreement, which affects 20,000 longshoremen and tugboat operators across the country's 12 major shipping hubs, was finalized after extensive negotiations that began in 2021. The union initially sought a 10% wage increase after the expiration of their previous agreement but ultimately accepted an 8.5% pay raise, retroactive to January 2022. If the strike
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