Business Maverick: Biden envoy says that automating ports doesn’t have to cost jobs

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The White House’s supply-chain envoy said the ports and logistics industry must move toward automation, a sticking point in protracted contract talks between US West Coast dockworkers and their employers.

Automation is inevitable and the industry should “move there deliberately as opposed to getting dragged”, Stephen Lyons said on Tuesday.

The use of port automation and questions over how work is assigned at certain terminals are some of the major points of contention in the talks. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which together are the top gateway for US imports from China, are among the world’sIn conversations with the union and the shipping industry, Lyons said he describes a role for automation that doesn’t displace workers from jobs only humans can do.

 

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