Port of Tacoma: Block Husky Terminal’s A.I. Request
Port of Tacoma
The members of ILWU Local 23 are fighting to save their jobs from automation and AI.
Husky Terminal, which leases ship-to-shore cranes from the Port of Tacoma, is trying to replace marine clerks with job-killing tech. They just submitted what’s called a “tenant improvement request” to install these functions on publicly-owned Port property. If approved by Port managers, that means our tax dollars are directly financing Husky’s efforts to eliminate good jobs in the community and attack our union. We can’t allow that to happen.
Please sign on to the petition and tell the Port of Tacoma’s elected commissioners to block Husky’s request to use AI. Additionally: please copy and paste the petition and send it directly as an email to the following addresses:
Pos. 1 John McCarthy – John.McCarthy@portoftacoma.com
Pos. 2 Dick Marzano – Dick.Marzano@portoftacoma.com
Pos. 3 Deanna Keller – Deanna.Keller@portoftacoma.com
Pos. 4 JT Wilcox – JT.Wilcox@portoftacoma.com
Pos. 5 Kristin Ang – Kristin.Ang@portoftacoma.com
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ILWU Local 23 represents longshore workers, marine clerks, mechanics and allied workers at the Port of Tacoma, Washington, USA. Our roots go back to 1886 when Tacoma dockworkers first organized the Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union (SL&RU) of Puget Sound.
Petition by
To:
Port of Tacoma
From:
[Your Name]
Dear Commissioner,
I have recently learned that the Port of Tacoma is considering a “tenant improvement request” from Husky Terminal.
If approved, this would allow Husky to install equipment on taxpayer-owned container cranes, allowing the company to automate job and cargo-handling functions and permanently remove the ILWU marine clerks who currently perform these duties.
The Port is publicly owned by the citizens of Pierce County. Working peoples’ tax dollars should be used to create more jobs in the community, not to eliminate them.
This request from Husky isn’t about safety, performance or efficiency. It’s simply about eliminating jobs to increase corporate power and profits — at the expense of working families.
As an elected representative, I ask you to do your due diligence and ensure this is not allowed to happen and that family-wage union jobs are protected at the Port of Tacoma.
Thank you.