As the shipping industry pushes for more automation at West Coast ports, the powerful union representing dockworkers is fighting back, saying robots will only kill good American jobs.
Automation has become a hot-button issue at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The shipping industry is pushing for more automation of the work loading and unloading ships. But dockworkers warn robots will only kill American jobs.Automation has become a hot-button issue at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The shipping industry is pushing for more automation of the work loading and unloading ships. But dockworkers warn robots will only kill American jobs.
The talks started in May. The last contract expired July 1. The two sides have agreed to no disruption to the work. But in the past, negotiations have devolved into slowdowns and lockouts, bringing trade to a screeching halt. This time around, both sides are well aware that any interruption could wreak economic havoc just as the holiday shopping season gets rolling.Jimmy Monti is a crane operator with 24 years on the docks.
In what the researchers calls a conservative estimate, the study found that automation eliminated 572 full-time-equivalent jobs annually in 2020 and 2021. "We have seen through experience that automated terminals were most effective in handling historic volumes while also expanding work opportunities for ILWU members," said Jim McKenna, CEO of the Pacific Maritime Association, calling it a win-win.The need for some kind of change is evident. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are consistently rated the least efficient in the world.
"For me, it's bittersweet," she says."I'm a little bit of a geek, so I like the actual work, figuring out how it works. But the amount of jobs that have been lost for both clerks and longshoremen has been so substantial, and that's just a very scary prospect for all of us."
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