A Tale of Two Ports: Automation at Oakland vs. Rotterdam

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"As with previous disruptive technology ILWU will need to be compensated for any reduction in jobs. Today, the average member of the union in Oakland makes $147,000 per year in base salary, with benefits equal to another $82,000 per year."

quits programming and becomes a crane operator

Seriously, right? Too bad your father or uncle probably needs to already be a longshoreman and vouch for you in order to get into this old boys club.

The port strike earlier this year was over the crazy health benefits these people receive - Obamacare was going to force them to start paying tax on their absurd benefits, and the longshoremen didn't want to.

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