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Andrea Hsu

HISTORICAL FACTS: At the l a waterfront a longtime labor leader confronts shift to automation - The Untold Story

James "Spinner" Spinosa followed his uncles to the Los Angeles waterfront in 1969. He served in various leadership positions in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, including as international president. (Philip Cheung for NPR)

The first time James "Spinner" Spinosa saw a driverless machine pick up a massive shipping container and move it through a shipyard was during a trip to Rotterdam in 1989.

He was amazed, and in equal measures, alarmed.

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