A MARTINEZ, HOST:
Up and down the West Coast, there’s a fight to keep high-paying union jobs from going to robots. On one side, 22,000 dockworkers who play a critical role in the global supply chain, moving cargo off of ships onto trucks and trains – on the other, the shipping companies that say they need to automate more of that work in order to stay competitive. The two sides have been in contract negotiations since May, but the struggle dates back decades. Here’s NPR’s Andrea Hsu.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)ANDREA HSU, BYLINE: I’ve come to Southern California, to the ports of […]
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