Trump backs dockworkers' union in port automation dispute, transition team set to meet with USMX

President-elect Trump expressed his support for dockworkers' pushback against automation at U.S. ports this week, and his transition team is set to meet with port employers' representatives amid a threat that another strike could be triggered unless an agreement is reached before he returns to the White House.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the union that represents the 45,000 dockworkers that went on strike in October, and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents port employers...