Shortly before President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, his White House showcased $17 billion in funding set aside for upgrades in U.S. port infrastructure for strengthening supply chains and boosting competitiveness. Now, he is now refusing to deal with a union standing in the way of efficiency-boosting automation technology where the U.S. lags behind.
The discrepancy between the priorities of the widely touted Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act and President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ support for the labor union leading the strikes raises concerns about the benefits of pouring money into infrastructure while real upgrades are being blocked by union allies.
The President of the National Taxpayers Union, Pete Sepp, told Just the News the government should claw back infrastructure funds because the union blocking real ways of boosting competitiveness.
“[The infrastructure law] included $17 billion worth of new federal money to upgrade and introduce new technologies into ports. Well, now the longshoremen’s union is saying, as part of the condition of going back to work, we don’t want any more automation at ports. In fact, they may be calling to reverse some of the automation that’s been going on,” Sepp told the “Just the News, No Noise“ TV show Wednesday. […]
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