Dockworkers across the East Coast and Gulf ports went on strike this week, picketing against the threat that automated technologies such as driverless trucks pose to their livelihood. After a three-day walkout,

The USMX employers association says it's willing to continue the old technology agreement, but the ILA labor union says the terms were already broken.

The International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to extend the contract until Jan. 15 and will start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining.