Union Talks Break Down Again Over Automation, with Two Months to go Before Potential Strike
Automation continues to be the sticking point in the negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen's Association to prevent the potential for a new strike that could shut down port operations from New England to Texas starting in mid-January.
Recent negotiations, the first since the end of the three-day ILA strike that shuttered ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coasts in early October, have bogged down over use of automation at ports, according...
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