association and the shipping companies over what are called, container royalties of the those are salary supplements based on how much each container weighs. the heavier the container, the more the longshoreman gets paid. the owners wanted those capped. the workers did not. this from a federal mediator in d.c. quote, the container royalty payment issue has been agreed upon in principle by the party subject to achieving overall bargaining agreement. the parties have agreed to additional extension of 30 days to negotiate all remaining issues. if they don t though, we return to a sweeping strike, freezing every container at all the ports with electronics, airline ports, clothes, textiles, just about every consumer product you can think of are in those containers. this involves every container shipping port from boston to houston. billions and billions of dollars worth of goods, both imports to buy and exports to sell.