News / Prelude to ILWU west coast labour talks brings up thorny issue of automation

06/05/2022

In the run-up to the nervously awaited contract negotiations between dockworkers and employers on the US west coast, verbal sparring is already in progress over automation – an issue on which the two sides are at loggerheads.

With the current contract set to expire on 30 ...

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