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Port automation deal would cut 300 jobs over five years, union says

The terms of the tentative agreement have not been made public. The Ledger has read them.

The Port of Harborview and the dockworkers’ union reached a tentative agreement this week on automating two of the terminal’s six berths. Neither side has released its terms.

The union’s local president told members in a recorded meeting that the deal would cut roughly 300 positions over five years, mostly through retirements.

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