Commodity chains have stretched production to all corners of the planet, yet the COVID pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and\u00a0vulnerabilities\u00a0\u2014 and even breakdown \u2014 of this \u201clean\u201d system, based on just-in-time inventory-less production.<\/p>\n
In January of this year, 109 ships were anchored out, waiting to dock at the massive Los Angeles\/Long Beach port complex. This congestion has caused inflation and driven up prices for consumer goods by as much as 10%, as well as leading to mass shortages. Management\u2019s solution to the crisis is automation and robotics, a crucial issue in current contract negotiations between longshore workers in ILWU and the PMA (Pacific Maritime Association, representing bosses), as these technological changes will eliminate jobs.<\/p>\n
This presentation will discuss how the crisis affects the working class globally, as well giving historical background and specific details of logistic worker struggles, in sectors like maritime, longshoring, trucking, railroads, warehousing, last-mile delivery and logistics planning. It will be followed by an open discussion.<\/p>\n
Presenters include: Carey Dall<\/strong><\/em> – Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees\u2014International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED-IBT) & International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)<\/p>\n Joel Schor<\/strong><\/em> – Member Sailors Union of the Pacific and Partially Registered ILWU local 10<\/p>\n Aaron Wright<\/strong><\/em> – ILWU local 10 Business Agent<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Info coming)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3190,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[74,4,70],"class_list":["post-2973","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-74","tribe_events_cat-forum-reading","tribe_events_cat-zoom","cat_2022","cat_forum-reading","cat_zoom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2973\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Gifford Hartman<\/strong><\/em> – Global Supply Chain Study\/Research Group and Global Labour University<\/p>\n