At issue in the longshoremen’s strike: How much automation is appropriate at ports?

At issue in the longshoremen’s strike: How much automation is appropriate at ports?

You have probably heard by now that for the first time in nearly half a century, the International Longshoremen’s Association is on strike. Some 45,000 rank and file members have walked out at 36 ports across the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast, from Boston to Baltimore to New Orleans. So shipping …

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