A secret meeting between the International Longshoremen's Association and USMX port ownership group aimed to resolve the contentious issue of port automation before a January 15 deadline. While a document suggests a focus on pairing new technology with new union jobs, concerns remain about potential labor costs and their impact on a comprehensive deal.
A secret meeting between representatives of the International Longshoremen's Association and the USMX port ownership group was held on Sunday to make headway on the issue of port automation that needs to be resolved by Jan. 15 to avoid a new East and Gulf Coast ports strike.
A secret meeting between key members of the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance was held on Sunday in an effort to help the dockworkers' union and ports ownership find common ground on the heated issue of automation and semi-automation. A document produced out of the meeting indicates a focus on the creation of new human jobs to complement any new port technology.
The document specifies that skilled human crane operators have proven their ability to work with the aid of modern crane control systems to handle port tasks where precision is required. The crane technology includes cameras and alignment guides, anti-sway technology for precise container placement, and motion-dampening controls.It also cites manual RMG operations in which union workers operate the cranes manually without automation.
"The rub is, what are deemed as necessary jobs?" said a terminal operator."Is the job truly necessary or is it a job being created for the sake of adding a worker?" "Keeping automation at status quo arguably eliminates the ability to pay for the increase," the USMX member said."So this is part of the internal discussion and will be part of the carriers' consideration on whether to accept the deal discussed yesterday."
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