The Teamsters Union said a strike at 56 Costco membership club stores across six states was averted, one day after the wholesale club announced pay for non-union workers will rise to between $20 and $

Costco and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, avoiding a strike, the union said Saturday.

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,