**Trucks queue up to enter the Port of Miami after the union representing 45,000 striking US longshoremen reached an agreement on October 4 to suspend a three-day strike.** (Marta Lavandier/AP)
Author: Eduardo Porter
October 15, 2024, 7:00 AM (EDT)
From 1964 to 1977, not a single longshoreman was employed at ports along the US East Coast. At that time, a technological revolution was underway, replacing workers who manually handled cargo from ship holds with cranes capable of moving massive containers from ship decks in just minutes.
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Source: Washington Post
