Experts warn store prices will soar and shelves will be empty as greedy dockworkers strike over 80% pay raise

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

By the way, when did the name 'longshoreman' get traded for 'dockworker'?

Let me guess, the PC crowd that are perpetually offended, demanded the change.

Dock workers and longshoremen are the same and have been at least all of my lifetime.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Fuck that union. Abolish it.

Thank you for your input, Comrade!

 

[excalibur]

Why are they only making $39 per hour? Seems way too low if the economy depends on them?

That top-tier hourly wage of $39 amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers make significantly more by taking on extra shifts.

For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.​

How much do dockworkers make? Here are the striking workers' salaries.

Thousands of East and Gulf Coast dockworkers are on strike and demanding higher pay. Here's how much they earn.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I'm a populist.

You spelled "Communist" wrong, Comrade!

That's what a communist does is opposes unions.

 

[Blaster]

Thank you for your input, Comrade!

I just thought I'd educate you.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I just thought I'd educate you.

Nice try, but you couldn't teach a fish to swim or a monkey to climb a tree when it comes to politics and economics.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

I'm a populist.

Doggie Bags for Moneybags

The non-college Whites are going to take over the Republican Party and throw nothing but a bone to the Old Right.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Are you high or are you stupid? No one is wanting a long strike at all, we don’t want inflation. Now prove that I am siding with he Chinese on anything, or we will know you are still a lying dishonest partisan clown.

Unmanly Mandarins

The Chinks have trillions of dollars to fall back on and can settled this strike by great Americans overnight.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

How much skill does the job take? How much experience? You can probably train chimpanzees to do most of the work. It ain't rocket surgery!

Don't Be a Job Snob, Dogbert

 

[Captain Caveman]

MSN

US ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike.

A lengthy shutdown of 36 ports - which handle half of America's cargo from ships - could raise cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season approaches.

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Walmart, Home Depot, Ikea and Amazon - who import tens of thousands of containers a year through ports on the east coast - would be worst hit. Empty shelves have not been seen in the US since the post-pandemic supply chain crush in 2021.

The International Longshoremen's Association is demanding a pay rise that works out at about 77 percent over six years. For union members on a typical rate, their wage would go from $81,120 to around $143,520.

Retail expert Neil Saunders of Global Data told DailyMail.om that the strike will cause two main problems - shoppers will face higher prices and empty shelves.

Bidenomics in action.

 

[citygator]

You guys remember the West Coast strike in 2022? You probably dont. It didnt crash the country but it was a total bitch for sure for shippers and retailers. Same here with this one. Inconvenient but not catastrophic.

 

[dudmuck]

Bidenomics in action.

its USMX failing to negotiate with the ILA union, which is nothing todo with Biden.

 

[WEATHER53]

Thank you for your input, Comrade!

Unions were formed to end worker abuse
That being accomplished unions have turned to social engineering to vilify owners and enrich workers at cost to All Of Us
Time for them to go . Past time

 

[Jarlaxle]

Frigid Femininnies Think Any Word Ending in "Man" Is Deplorable

Sober up.

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

The dock workers get enough money. And automation will unload and load goods faster.

 

[Captain Caveman]

its USMX failing to negotiate with the ILA union, which is nothing todo with Biden.

They're striking due to automation and for more wages, in the link. Why are they striking for more wages if the economy is so fantastic under Biden? Surely they're better off under Bidenomics.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Unions were formed to end worker abuse
That being accomplished unions have turned to social engineering to vilify owners and enrich workers at cost to All Of Us
Time for them to go . Past time

I see we have another Communist in our midst. Thank you for outing yourself.

 

[Blaster]

Nice try, but you couldn't teach a fish to swim or a monkey to climb a tree when it comes to politics and economics.

Are you comparing yourself to a fish and a monkey?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Are you comparing yourself to a fish and a monkey?

Cute. But you sure need some education on this topic.

 

[Blaster]

Cute. But you sure need some education on this topic.

No I don't.