Take a look at the record-breaking port congestion from 10,000 feet above...

Ok, I'm trying to be patient here, but DAMN! Go to the :40 second mark, turn on your sound, and listen. They state "meaning there aren't any workers present on site"
Are you trying to be intentionally irritating or are you cognitively challenged?
Yes, automation does reduce the # of workers, but creates new jobs that require more technical skills and usually pay more.
Automation is my business, literally. There aren't many subjects that I'll claim to be an expert at, but this is one of them.
I remember going to a facility to look at some brand new packaging equipment they had just gotten in but had not yet installed. As I was checking it out, I looked over about 30 feet and saw about 15-20 workers doing the job that these machines were going to replace, and being a little dismayed at the idea of them all losing their jobs as a result of this equipment being introduced. That facility, however, found new ways to use the same people, and I was told no one lost their jobs. It also created a new found need for technicians. Wanna keep up? Learn skills that will enable you to work in the fields created by automation, because the companies will keep on advancing as the technology and price for it allows.
Obama hit the nail on the head, it isn't other countries costing manufacturing jobs, it's automation. And it's everywhere, including the fast food industry.

 

Aaaaand still, every crane in California removing containers from a ship, is operated by a human operator. Theyve simply been moved from a cab sitting atop the crane, to an office with camera views on screens. And no container leaves the port without a human truck driver or train engineer to take it away. Yes theyve automated much of the shuffling about of containers in the yard, but that doesnt get them out of the yard.

 

Amazing to think we have millions less people employed today, than we had in the year 2000 with far smaller population. We have well over 100 million deadbeat Americans of working age who won't work today???

 

Just thought this might be interesting.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, and OBVIOUSLY there are still humans involved in the process. I was just pointing out that there is a lot more automation involved, requiring far fewer people, than there used to be. There will always be a need for humans, just in different roles and requiring different skill sets.
Again, I'm not trying to argue with anyone, just trying to be informative. It's what I do. (or at least try to! lol!)
They already have the technology to automate the trucks and trains leaving or arriving with goods, cost and innovation are the only things holding it back.
It won't be long before overland trucks with no drivers are cruising from station to station. Trains are even easier.

 

Show this to Gavin and the LA Mayor, who's lock downs and giveaways created this mess....