The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, was against foreign companies investing in the automation of the country’s ports and pointed out that to have access to their markets they should hire American workers instead.
On his social network, Truth Social, he highlighted that these companies have made “a fortune” in the United States by being able to operate in these markets.
«They should not be looking at every last cent knowing how many families are harmed. They have record profits and I prefer that they spend them on the great men and women of our ports than on machinery, which is expensive and will have to be constantly replaced,” he said.
Trump spoke after meeting with the president and vice president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), Harold Daggett and Dennis Daggett, respectively.
At that meeting, he said, there was a lot of discussion about the automation of US ports.
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Trump spoke after meeting with the president and vice president of the International Longshoremen’s Association
«I have studied automation and know almost everything there is to know about it. “The amount of money saved is nowhere near the anguish, pain and damage it causes to American workers, in this case, to our longshoremen,” added the Republican, who will succeed Democrat Joe Biden on January 20. .
Trump wanted these companies to understand that this issue is very important to him.
“To have the great privilege of accessing our markets, these foreign companies should hire our incredible American workers, instead of laying them off and sending those profits to foreign countries. “It’s time to put AMERICA FIRST!” he concluded.
Longshoremen at ports on the US East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico went on strike in October to demand better working conditions and an agreement to stop the automation of their trade, which threatens their jobs.
The ILA union and the employers reached a provisional agreement on salaries and agreed to extend the Framework Contract until January 15 to give themselves time until then to return to the negotiating table and address the other pending issues.
With information from EFE.
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