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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) won significant raises for its 45,000 dockworker members this month after a three-day strike that briefly threatened shipping and international trade.
That victory, however, was colored by ongoing efforts at the ports to address automation and its potential effect on long-term job security for its members, which remains very much unresolved.
“One of the things that strikes me is it doesn’t matter what the group is or what the industry is. We are seeing this pop up in just about every industry,” said Alexander Alonso, the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) chief data & insights officer.
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