Automation

Driverless trucks: economic tsunami may swallow one of most common US jobs
America is producing more than ever before, but it is doing so with fewer and fewer workers. Once trucks become automated, where will these jobs go?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/16/self-driving-trucks-a...
Once replaced by automation, where will all the trucking jobs go? Photograph: Wojciech Lorbiecki/Alamy

Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck
The imminent need for basic income in recognition of our machine-driven future
https://medium.com/basic-income/self-driving-trucks-are-going-to-hit-us-...

US Government Pushes UBER Automated Cars But No Planning Or Funds For Workers Who Will Lose Jobs
This US government competition could completely change the American city
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/can-a-wonked-ou...

U.S. Ports Should Work With Unions on Automation, Labor Secretary Says "The president of the ILWU Local 13 in Los Angeles, Bobby Olvera Jr., said there was a “huge loss” of jobs when one L.A. terminal introduced automation"
U.S. Ports Should Work With Unions on Automation, Labor Secretary Says
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said U.S. ports should consider automation to compete with high-tech rival destinations abroad, but labor should be involved in the process

ILWU Longshoremen maintain clout in era of globalization and automation
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dockworker-pay-20150301-story.html...
The continued strength of the longshoremen's union was made evident in the recent labor dispute at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times)
By CHRIS KIRKHAM AND ANDREW KHOUR