A threatened strike at 56 Costco stores across six states has been averted for now, as the company and negotiators for the Teamsters union, representing 18,000 workers, reached an 11th hour tentative agreement,

Contract talks are down to the wire between Costco and unionized truck drivers who deliver goods to all of the company’s retail locations around Washington, and

Thousands of Costco workers are preparing to strike as the company and the Teamsters union approached a deadline to reach a new contract agreement.