US port strike throws spotlight on big union foe: automation
WEB22 hours ago · A competing report commissioned by the PMA found that paid hours at Los Angeles ports had risen by 31.5% since automation began in 2016. The authors declined to provide figures for Long Beach alone.
As automation disrupts workplace, dockworkers and other unions …
WEB2 days ago · History of pushback against automation. It’s not the first time that port workers have resisted automation. In 1960, as ports on the West Coast introduced machinery to move cargo once moved by hand, the union representing longshoremen negotiated protections for workers, including assurances that the current workforce would not be laid off, according to the International Longshore & Warehouse ...
Dockworkers are waging a battle against automation. The rest of …
WEB2 days ago · They’re fighting a trend that port operators largely want to see accelerate: more cranes and driverless trucks shuttling goods from container ships, with fewer humans around demanding...
US ports strike: Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage - AP News
WEB3 days ago · Some 45,000 dockworkers at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas are on strike for the first time in decades. And experts say the workers may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.
Beneath the Potential Strike at U.S. Ports: Tensions Over Innovation
WEB5 days ago · Port operators have long embraced automation, while dockworkers view it as a threat to their livelihoods. By Peter S. Goodman Peter S. Goodman has reported on shipping and ports around the world ...
The real reason 47,000 dockworkers are on strike - The …
WEB3 days ago · October 1, 2024 at 8:09 a.m. EDT. For the first time since 1977, dockworkers are on strike at all East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. Some 47,000 workers have stopped unloading the massive containers ...
US port strike: Over 45,000 dockworkers from ... - Associated Press News
WEB4 days ago · Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
Dockworkers threaten to strike at key U.S. ports over automation …
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that...
Will Automation Replace Jobs? Port Workers May Strike Over It.
WEBSep 2, 2024 · The I.L.A., which represents workers at economically crucial ports in New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and Texas, has long resisted automation because it can lead to job losses. Longshoremen have...
US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike ...
WEB2 days ago · "The decision to end the current strike and allow the East and Gulf coast ports to reopen is good news for the nation’s economy, National Retail Federation said in a statement. ... automation 2: ...