Time to fire them all. Automate automate automate.
Machines don’t go on strike and hold nations hostage.
It’s less about human vs automaton that who is operating our ports.
Why are we allowing foreign interests to operate our major ports?
Yes and give all the fired men Universal Basic Income
This is the long run view of things and that’s very unusual during a strike. Look at what happened in the auto and steel industries when labor costs went off the rails. The long run impact is the substitution of capital for labor. Look what happened to the demand for welders in the auto industry over time. A 50% increase in labor costs is going to trigger an avalanche of capital investment aimed at using less labor. I guess the union feels the short run gains in wages is worth having a smaller union in the future.