The union that represents dockworkers along the West Coast have ratified a three-year contract extension, a move that will likely quell fears of a work stoppage or slowdown in 2019 when the contract was originally set to expire.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced Friday that 67 percent of its members, which include dockworkers at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, approved the extension through July 1, 2022.

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