The robots are coming, LA port shipping giant tells union and politicians

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of angry dockworkers marched at the Port of Los Angeles. Eleven thousand l area residents signed petitions. A score of state, city and county politicians raised objections. Mayor Eric Garcetti has led weeks of negotiations, calling for a compromise.

But a three-month battle over whether robots will replace jobs at the Port of Los Angeles may be all but over.

In a letter Monday to Garcetti and the Los Angeles City Council, Maersk, the global shipping giant, announced it will move ahead with introducing driverless cargo carriers at its port terminal, the nation's largest, regardless of the outcome of a City Council