Federal mediator to intervene in US dock dispute

Stalled wage contract talks between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the US Maritime Alliance will resume later this month under the auspices of an independent federal mediator.

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said in a statement on Thursday that the two sides had agreed to its request to start bargaining again, after talks to hammer out a new wage contract for 15,000 dockers at ports along...

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