US dockworkers agreed to end a three-day strike that had paralyzed trade on the US East and Gulf coasts and threatened to become a factor in the presidential election.

U.S. dockworkers along the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico ended a three-day strike that closed major ports and stoked fears of supply chain disruptions. The agreement comes after port operators offered a 62% increase in wages the workers could receive over the next six years,

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977.

Dockworkers at US East and Gulf coast ports have agreed to start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining with their employers on a new contract.