45k dockworker's about to strike
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45k dockworker's about to strike
this would have a serious impact on the auto industry (among others)
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First, this is what happens when workers are taken advantage of. Sometimes they have no choice but to strike...thank goodness for the ILA Union. Second, the country got through the collapse of the Baltimore Harbor Bridge without a national recession.....and that shut down much of the East Coast shipping for over a month. We'll get through this, too.
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Just going to throw a couple of quotes out there from an AP Article:
"Top scale" according to the current labor agreement is automatically reached at the sixth work anniversary.
No doubt dock workers provide a valuable service and should be compensated for it. But $354,000 per year sounds a little rich for semi-skilled labor, even if they are working a lot of overtime.
They also want a complete ban on any kind of automation, to ensure that the docks don't become too efficient.
Top-scale port workers now earn a base pay of $39 an hour, or just over $81,000 a year. But with overtime and other benefits, some can make in excess of $200,000 annually. Neither the union nor the ports would discuss pay levels. But a 2019-2020 report by the Waterfront Commission, which oversees New York Harbor, said about a third of the longshoremen based there made $200,000 or more.
"Top scale" according to the current labor agreement is automatically reached at the sixth work anniversary.
Analysts say the union’s initial demands included a 77% pay raise over the course of a six-year contract. Daggett, the union president, said sizable pay raises would make up for the inflation spike of the past few years.
They also want a complete ban on any kind of automation, to ensure that the docks don't become too efficient.
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I wonder if this similar thing happened to horse carriage drivers (or other jobs that were obsolete) when automobiles were invented.
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A bunch of screaming and useless half-wits upset that the world has left them behind because they failed to adapt. Now they want to hold the country hostage? They can all burn in hell.
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