There's another potential port strike looming on the horizon
Remember the short-lived dockworkers’ strike which crippled ports on the East and Gulf Coasts in October? The strike only lasted three days, but cost the American economy billions in lost revenue. The work stoppage was temporarily resolved when the International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to a 61.5% wage increase over the next six years. The ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance tabled other issues, the most important of which is the automation of ports.
However, there is a major glitch, which had been under-reported by corporate media: the two sides stopped all negotiations in mid-November, with the ILA walking away from the negotiating table, stating, 'USMX introduced language in their proposal for semi-automated equipment to be used at ILA ports, which this union outright rejected. The ILA recognized this as a renewed attempt by USMX to eliminate ILA jobs with automation and broke off talks.' The president of the ILA, Harold J.
Mr. Daggett is focused on the wrong fight. Instead of fighting automation, he should embrace it. Instead of walking away from the negotiating table in order to protect antiquated union jobs, he should be pushing the USMX to automate faster, while protecting jobs.
Newly nominated Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, will have to address this challenge on day one of the Trump administration. Secretary Duffy needs to show that he will remove the DOT’s focus on equity in roads and bridges and drive efficiencies, returning the United States to its rightful position as the most advanced nation in the world. The answers are not hard, they only take courage to implement.
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