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It's important to note that there was an agreement in place (and renewed in 2015) to allow the ports to automate aspects of cargo handling. This protest is in
by mdorazio 8y ago
It's important to note that there was an agreement in place (and renewed in 2015) to allow the ports to automate aspects of cargo handling. This protest is in response to construction of additional automation-enabling equipment and is evidence that the dock workers realize their high-pay jobs are really at stake here. On one hand, they are absolutely fighting progress, on the other hand this is evidence of what's in store for the autonomous vehicle industry in general over the next decade.
- wahern 8y agoI don't know the specifics but there's a difference between fighting progress and minimizing dislocation. The book The Box explains how West Coast unions managed containerization much better than the East Coast unions. Relatively speaking containerization was a much greater leap in automation than driverless trucks will be.