WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 286305 [post_author] => 21 [post_date] => 2023-03-01 15:21:52 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-03-01 15:21:52 [post_content] => By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — 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 Tuesday.  Lyons, along with outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, have been involved in negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that represents 22,000 West Coast dockworkers and the Pacific Maritime Association — which speaks for companies — over a new labor agreement to replace one that expired... [post_title] => Biden’s Supply Chain Envoy Says Automating Ports Doesn’t Have to Cost Jobs [post_excerpt] => By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — 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 ... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => bidens-supply-chain-envoy-says-automating-ports-doesnt-have-to-cost-jobs [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-03-01 15:21:52 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-03-01 15:21:52 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=178168 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )