A powerful stand against automation job losses

The image shows a AI generated image of a dockworker on the quayside with a ship in the banckground

Source: AI generated/DALL.E

Dockworkers from around the world will gather in Lisbon in protest designed to resist job losses caused by what they call unchecked automation in the marine sector.

Organised by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and coordinated by the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), the ’People Over Profit: Anti-Automation Conference’ will be be held from 5 to 6 November in Lisbon.

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