👹📉🌎 45,000 Dock Workers From Maine to Texas Go on Strike — Nation Braces for Inflation Spike and Supply Chain Chaos — Experts Warn U.S. Faces $5 Billion Loss a Day 👹📉🌎
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If they can "hold the nation hostage" I guess their jobs are pretty important to the economy.
They have been in negotiations for about a year. All the other shippers are willing to pay what they are asking for, only Maersk (the biggest shipper) has been holding out. These are foreign companies trying to dictate to Americans.
From what I've gathered, the biggest sticking point is automation and not wages. And yeah, Maersk is behind wanting to be able to use automation. It's probably necessary to stay competitive. Here's an article from July that somewhat addresses that: https://gcaptain.com/growing-threat-of-strike-looms-over-atlantic-and-gulf-coast-ports/
i guess i'm missing what's capitalist about forcing your employer to pay more (at the expense of the nation) instead of just looking for new work
They are not forcing, they are negotiating their future wages, similar to how you do when you want a raise from your boss. They just do it collectively and bring in lawyers (that are paid for by their dues).
I feel that we are missing the point here, the dock workers aren't the bad guys here. They followed the rules set up between the employers and employees. They use a five year contract that they bargain to get, and Maersk has not even come to the table to negotiate.
The raise they are asking for isn't instant, but a series of raises spread out every year over the five year contract. At thirteen percent inflation, this doesn't seem out of bounds as it appears with a cursory look.
The big thing that gets me is the timing of this strike in relation to the election coming up in a month. That's what we should be looking into.
this is why unions are a big part of establishing communism. so that nobody is allowed to break rank, allowing strikes to be used to manipulate whole countries.
Both sides do that. Back in the late 80's I read a book called The CIA Diaries, that the author was retired CIA. He lamented about the amount of messing with Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia- using the unions, newspapers, radio, and tv stations to alter the outcomes of elections.
Do we see a correlation of what's going on today?
I agree 100%! The msm hasn't reported this issue and it's been simmering for the last year. Something about this will reflect badly to the demoncrats is my gut feeling. Has Maersk been a major money contributer to both parties? The timing is suspicious.
Do you threaten to stop work when you negotiate with your boss? Ridiculous.
Or how about the timing after a hurricane...
Exactly, who pays for it in the end? The consumer. As for me, I'll buy gold and silver rather than the shit they unload from Chyna.
The workers aren't putting a gun to their employer's heads.
true... the gun is at our heads.
Wxacy it's like a bank robber grabbing g a customer as a hostage. Unions are un-American and it's time they go. Thank unions for your 100k pickup truck.
These companies use these men for all they can and then dispose of them after 30 years and only want to pay them 2100 a month in retirement. You would strike too if you had to deal with stuff like that.
And nobody is putting a gun to the workers' heads, telling them they are not allowed to go find a better job.
Ita the fact the unions are controlled by deep state shills. I consider it bunch American espescially right now. This isn't about a paycheck ffs. Wake up. It's to further cripple and collapse the American economy and those idiots will suffer like everybody who hasn't prepared.