News / Trump backs ILA campaign against 'distress-causing' automation in ports

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As Donald Trump weighs into the US port automation row, The Loadstar readers will discover next week – when we begin our series on port automation – that the issue is both complex and nuanced.

Nevertheless, a new war of words has broken out, which appears to pit US longshore workers against US shippers.

Following a meeting yesterday at Mar-A-Lago between ILA union leaders Harold and Dennis Daggett and Mr Trump, the president-elect issued a statement backing the longshore workers, asserting “America ...