Trump backs dockworkers' union preparing to strike over automation

President-elect Trump backed the dockworkers' union as it prepares for a strike over automation in mid-January — right before the former president is set to return to the Oval Office.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social Thursday that he had just met with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), its president, Harold Daggett, and executive vice president, Dennis Daggett.

"There has been a lot of discussion having to do with 'automation' on United States docks. I’ve studied automation...