Effective immediately Long Beach is allowing cargo to be stacked up to 4 containers high at container lots across the city. And up to 5 containers with safety approvals. Previously 2 had been the limit. This is a temporary move to address our national supply chain emergency.— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) October 22, 2021
Previous limit was 2. Most international ports allow 8-10.
And, arguably, automation in China is used to benefit the public good, not make some rich fuck even fucking richer. The workers who would have been doing those jobs will be put to work doing some other socially productive labor, not thrown out and expected to find some new exploiter of their labor.
Also I guess the Chinese ports are newer so they can implement automation immediately without fear of infringing on existing workers.
And, arguably, automation in China is used to benefit the public good, not make some rich fuck even fucking richer. The workers who would have been doing those jobs will be put to work doing some other socially productive labor, not thrown out and expected to find some new exploiter of their labor.
That’s the caveat
Also the labor unions are state controlled so there is no pushback except for wildcatting