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Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas as 45,000 Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay & Automation (www.democracynow.org)
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October 01, 2024

Guest - Peter Goodman
NewYorkTimes global economics correspondent

[a surprisingly pro-worker viewpoint from a writer from the NYT -PL]

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is exactly why Unions are a band aid solution, you absolutely need to fight tooth and nail for reasonable conditions and pay from these blood sucking parasites but who the fuck loves sacrificing their health and youth on the alter of capitalism so much they would rail against automation?

[–] BurningRiver 2 points 1 month ago

They’re rightly concerned about losing jobs to automation.