The Port of Oakland's largest terminal was back in business Tuesday after a labor dispute shut it down the day before.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union says SSA Marine, the operator of the Oakland International Container Terminal, told close to two dozen dockworkers to go home after they started work Monday at 7 a.m.
According to the ILWU, the workers' contract calls for them to arrive then, but SSA Marine wanted them to show up at 6:45 a.m.
The union initially said the workers were fired, but an ILWU spokesman clarified Tuesday that they got their jobs back.
After the company penalized workers Monday morning, dozens of other ILWU members who work at the terminal stopped working in protest. Operations at the terminal were suspended for the day but resumed at 8 p.m., port officials said.