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West Coast port labor deal made
Published: November 2, 2002
SAN FRANSCISCO(AP)West Coast longshoremen and shipping companies reached a tentative agreement Friday on computer technology that would make hundreds of union jobs obsolete, the major sticking point in their bitter contract talks. Both sides hailed the deal to track waterfront cargo more efficiently as the first tangible progress since a 10-day lockout of dockworkers last month shut down 29 major Pacific ports.