"This isn't about meeting operational needs,'' Daggett's son Dennis Daggett, the union's executive vice president, wrote last month. "It's about replacing workers under the guise of progress while maximizing corporate profits at the expense of good-paying, family-sustaining U.S. jobs."
Port operators and shipping companies argue that U.S. ports are falling behind more automated ports such as those in Rotterdam, Dubai and Singapore.
If the standoff sounds familiar, it's because the same dockworkers - members of the International Longshoremen's Association - staged a three-day walkout last fall.
Negotiations resume Tuesday between the ILA and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shippers. The sticking point is a familiar one at America's ports: machines replacing human labor."
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