Union hits Newsom veto of measure to block port automation

Originally published at: Union hits Newsom veto of measure to block port automation - FreightWaves

Labor criticizes California Governor Gavin Newsom after he vetoed a bill to limit public funding for port automation.

Would forbidding years of local efforts on air quality compliance necessary to maintain federal transportation funding have actually been in the longshoreman’s best interest?There’s a whole world beyond the gate of the port that votes too, not to mention that downwind is where port workers families live.