The U.S. has some of the most inefficient dock operations in the western world, because the unions have declared war on the machines. Thank God we didn’t have a union for farm hands 100 years ago, or they would have outlawed tractors.

We are all for pay raises for blue collar workers, but the six-year deal struck by the Port operators and the International Longshoremen’s Association is a Luddite abomination.

The dockworkers union won concessions blocking automation technology at most U.S. ports. Some technology will be allowed, but only if new jobs are created alongside it.

Fully automated technology will be barred!

While avoiding a strike is a relief, the agreement strengthens one of the most thuggish unions that declares war on machines.