{"id":2816,"date":"2026-07-08T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/australia-dock-workers-call-for-28-hour-week-in-ai-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:57:25","slug":"australia-dock-workers-call-for-28-hour-week-in-ai-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/australia-dock-workers-call-for-28-hour-week-in-ai-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Port giant DP World handles around 40% of Australia’s container shipments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Australian dock workers are demanding a 28-hour work week with no loss of pay as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation expands across the country’s ports<\/p>\n

The AI push is being led by port logistics giant DP World, which the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said has put workers’ jobs “in the crosshairs”<\/p>\n

The union said: “If DP World wants AI and automation, then they must pay the social<\/a> dividend. The new technology doesn’t have to cost our members their jobs or put their livelihoods at risk just so a terminal operator can boost profits.”<\/p>\n

The BBC has contacted DP World for comment and the MUA for more details<\/p>\n

DP World, which is based in Dubai, is increasingly testing AI tools to manage employees and work schedules in its operations, according to a study by the Centre For International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research, which was commissioned by the MUA<\/p>\n

The automation programme is part of a pattern of pushing AI into operations “without genuine consultation” and that it threatens up to a thousand jobs or more than 60% of the dock and maintenance workforce, the study said<\/p>\n

The company has also proposed the use of AI-assisted remote-control cranes and driverless vehicles, it added<\/p>\n

The technology “should be used to improve workers’ lives, not destroy them,” the union said in a statement on 3 July as it called for a 28-hour work week<\/p>\n

DP World dock workers are believed to currently work around 32 to 35 hours a week, depending on their location, according to the Australian Financial Review, which first reported the negotiations<\/p>\n

The state-owned DP World is one of the world’s largest port operators and is ultimately controlled by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum<\/p>\n

In Australia, it moves millions of shipping containers each year through its ports in Sydney, Melbourne and other parts of the country<\/p>\n

With operations in 84 countries and more than 126,000 employees around the world, the firm handles around a tenth of global container traffic<\/p>\n

Last year, DP World’s Asia Pacific chief executive Glen Hilton said the company is using<\/a> AI across ports in the region to manage increasingly complex supply chains<\/p>\n

The use of the technology is “no longer optional” but essential, he said<\/p>\n

International Business
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