There was an article the other day about the longshoreman strike,

that it was suspended until January.

Possibilities:
An actual agreement.

A "We're hurting the Democrats and we don't want to do that before the election." decision.
"Holy crap, me telling people 'I will ruin you!' really pissed them off, let's shut this down until things settle down."
Connection to the above: "Holy crap, people are so pissed they're telling the dock owners to start automating NOW, we need to calm this down!"

Which do you think?