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The article discusses the decision of longshoremen to call off their strike in the three Puget Sound ports of Tacoma, Port Angeles, Anacortes. It is commented that the decision had considerable regional significance. It is stated that the decision has created the possibility that the CIO union might lose the right to bargain with employers for contracts covering longshore operations in the three northern ports.

The article presents an update on various issues related to labor relations in the U.S. as of September 10, 1938, including the negotiation for new contracts between 91 Pacific Coast waterfront employers and 85,000 seafaring or longshoring workers.

This section offers news briefs related to the labor sector in the U.S. in May 1956. A settlement was reached by Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. and United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers for an 18-cent raise in minor fringes and hourly pay. The House Labor Committee approved a bill to raise the workmen's compensation for harbor workers and longshoremen. Ford Motor Co. is planning to close its assembly plants for several weeks from August to September 1956, the purpose of which is a changeover to 1957 car models.

The article offers information on U.S. leftwing labor union leader Harry Bridges calling for unity among unions for working together for critical common causes. Speaking at the International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union ((ILWU) convention in Hawaii he said that old ways of thinking must be put aside. He also introduced to the convention president of the rival International Longshoremens Association (ILA), Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason.

The article focuses on the strike by dockers in Great Britain in 1970, shutting of 70 percent of Great Britain's foreign trade. It offers detail on the demand of the dockers in strike. It mentions the steps taken by the Tory Government during the strike. It states that the impact of the strike would not be very severe, as most of the big companies are on summer holidays.