Talks between International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) and the East Coast port operators have broken down, and the current contract ends, and a strike could commence, on January 15.
The ILA walked away from negotiations with USMX scheduled to last for four days after just two days.
In a statement issued on 13 November ILA said, that the first day and half of talks had been productive. “However, late yesterday, talks broke down when management introduce their intent to implement semi-automation – a direct contradiction to their opening statement where they assured us that neither full nor semi-automation would be on the table. They claimed their focus was on modernisation, not automation."
The USMX similarly said initial talks had been positive but were unable to make progress on a range of technology. “Unfortunately, the ILA is insisting on an agreement that would move our industry backward by restricting future use of technology that has existed in some of our ports for nearly two decades – making it impossible to evolve to meet the nation’s future supply chain demands,” USMX said.
I think that a strike is likely, though I also think that Trump will go full Reagan/PATCO on the strikers.
Labor unions have experience some success lately and Donald Trump and Evil Minions™ will be determined to roll that back.
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