Dockworkers Join Other Unions In Trying To Fend Off Automation, Or Minimize The Impact

Professor Yossi Sheffi discussed the potential effects of automation on the workforce, particularly for dockworkers, in an interview with Associated Press reporter Cathy Bussewitz. The director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics remarked, “You cannot bet against the march of technology,” in response to the massive strike by US dock workers in early October, 2024.