Representatives from the International Longshoremen's Association and USMX port ownership group met secretly to address automation concerns. While a focus on new union jobs alongside technology emerged, added labor costs pose a risk to a deal, potentially jeopardizing a 62% pay hike for union workers. Formal talks resume on Tuesday, with uncertainty surrounding the full port ownership group's support for the new automation language.
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 document produced from the meeting and reviewed by CNBC indicates ports willing to pair any new technology with new union jobs, but it could also introduce new risks to a deal, with added labor costs threatening terms agreed to in October for a 62% pay hike for union workers. Formal talks are set to resume on Tuesday, and it remains unclear if the full port ownership group will support the new language on automation. 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.CNBC has learned that the eight-hour meeting took place ahead of the highly anticipated resumption of formal bargaining, and with a January 15 deadline to avoid a new strike by dockworkers. According to sources close to the talks who were granted anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the negotiations, language on automation was drawn up to assist the full bargaining committee review process slated for Tuesday. But the sources added that the language could lead to new concerns about added labor costs, and new risks to getting a comprehensive deal on wages and automation completed.The meeting included individuals from port terminals where the technology at issue is already used, including rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at container terminals in Bayonne, New Jersey, part of the Port of New York and New Jersey, and the NIT Terminal, part of the Port of Virgini
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