In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

Thousands of port workers across the country are headed back to work after the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement on higher wages, ending a three- day strike.

The union representing 45,000 striking dockworkers in South Carolina and other East and Gulf coast ports has agreed to suspend its 3-day strike until Jan. 15

The current contract that expired last week will reportedly be extended until Jan. 15 to allow for further negotiations.

The ILA PAC typically supports Democratic candidates, though it has recently contributed less than in previous decades.

Local International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) workers tell News 2 that the port strike is over. Kenneth Riley ILA International Vice President, Port of Charleston told News 2’s Jordan Cioppa that “we reached a deal on the two most important things to us in these negotiations.

Harold Daggett raked in $728,000 in compensation from the ILA last year. He picked up another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch.