The Nation - News from Oct. 5, 1986

East Coast longshoremen ended a three-day strike--their first in 15 years--after the International Longshoremen’s Assn. and shippers agreed to extend their contract 45 days while negotiators try to work out a new pact. There was no indication of when talks would resume. The ILA walked out because of a dispute with the Council of North Atlantic Shipping Assns., which wanted to impose a tiered wage system in which workers handling loose cargo would be paid less than those unloading cargo packed in containers.