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45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - Maxmars - 10-01-2024
The strike of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) has been initiated.
This strike affects 36 East and Gulf Coast ports, and could reportedly cost out economy cost the U.S. economy between $3.8 billion and $4.5 billion per day.
The impasse between the ILA and the employing business entity (seem rooted in a wage dispute, and threats to job security.
From FoxBusiness: Dockworkers go on strike at East and Gulf Coast ports
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which represents 45,000 dockworkers, began its first strike since 1977 after its six-year contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents port employers, expired Monday night.
Negotiations between the ILA and USMX have been deadlocked thus far over the union's demands related to wage hikes and compensation, as well as protection from automation at ports.
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USMX reportedly made a new offer to the ILA on Monday afternoon that would've raised wages by nearly 50% over the new contract as well as tripling employer contributions to retirement plans, better health care and kept language about automation in the deal. Sources told FOX Business that the ILA rejected the offer and didn't make a counter.
The strike comes after USMX filed an unfair labor complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against the ILA last week, arguing that the group was breaking labor laws by refusing to negotiate. The ILA criticized the move as a "publicity stunt" and said USMX should file labor complaints against port employers for not paying dockworkers better wages.
I wonder if this will be seen as an "opportunity" by US retailers and transport companies to bump prices around the country... they seem to do that whenever they can.
This development will become fodder for political and financial talking heads... you can bank on that.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - pianopraze - 10-01-2024
Here’s a video from them:
Twitter video link
we are so screwed.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - guyfriday - 10-01-2024
its just political crap, and after that be "Covid" port mess both the USMX and ILA need to shut the "F" up and do their friggen jobs. Mind you they are crying about automation and wanting a 70% pay raise, they just got a 32% pay raise and limits on automation last year.
A looming strike could disrupt the economy just before the election. It’s mostly up to 1 fiery union leader. - POLITICO
Quote:09/25/2024 05:57 PM EDTand today the strike happened.
NEW YORK — A looming dockworkers strike threatens to shut down East Coast ports and snarl the national economy just before the election. Crippling the economy is not just a byproduct of a dockworkers strike — it’s the point, according to the crucial leader of the union threatening the disruption.
The decision to strike is largely in the hands of the mercurial and tough-as-nails head of the dockworkers union, Harold Daggett, a native New Yorker who’s been accused of having mob ties. Lately he’s been critical of the Biden administration’s labor record and provocatively asked where the president has been for his members.
In one video post, where he promised to hurt the economy if the union’s demands weren’t met, Daggett envisioned what will happen when his workers walk out: The first week, the strike will dominate the headlines. The second week, car dealers will start laying people off. By week three, malls will begin closing. Soon construction workers would lose their jobs.
“In today’s world, I’ll cripple you,” he said recently in a video post. “I will cripple you.”
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - SomeStupidName - 10-01-2024
These guys are nuts if they think they can fight automation, they should be negotiating for a higher retirement package with an earlier retirement date.
I agree automation and AI will take a lot of jobs mine too, but this is pandora's box and it's been opened.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 10-01-2024
I saw some video yesterday of a heavily automated Chinese port.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - guyfriday - 10-01-2024
(10-01-2024, 10:12 AM)SomeStupidName Wrote: These guys are nuts if they think they can fight automation, they should be negotiating for a higher retirement package with an earlier retirement date.except it looks to be more political than anything else. I bet that if the ILA got everything they are asking for, it would be some other reason to keep the ports shut down. As I posted above, the ILA head flat out said as much.
I agree automation and AI will take a lot of jobs mine too, but this is pandora's box and it's been opened.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - SomeStupidName - 10-01-2024
(10-01-2024, 11:23 AM)guyfriday Wrote: except it looks to be more political than anything else. I bet that if the ILA got everything they are asking for, it would be some other reason to keep the ports shut down. As I posted above, the ILA head flat out said as much.
Agreed, I think everything always comes back to politics. In fact the first side to start granting money to U.S. car, steel manufactures, oil drills and refineries are probably going to look good in the polls even if they are stealing it.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - StevieRay - 10-01-2024
Lol there’s always a way, a reason, why it has nothing to do with the current govt / admin.
Bootyjudge has been totally uninterested in every disaster for the last 4 years.
I’m really waiting for the story that brings it back to Trumps fault. Not kidding, we will be graced by that story from Biden / Harris.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - Chiefsmom - 10-01-2024
So they want to go up to over 60.00/hr, and no automation.
Jesus they are being dumb.
How about NO /hr and all automation?
Kinda like the young idiot GM workers that were trying to push for 4 day weeks, but pay for 5. That didn't happen either.
RE: 45,000 International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) dockworkers now on strike, - UltraBudgie - 10-01-2024
This article is hilarious:
https://ilaunion.org/ilas-big-jack-pennington-writes-searing-essay-about-threat-of-automation-ila-international-president-daggett-applauds-response-you-just-explained-it-the-best-way/
Quote:This is a trend and a reality that is taking place on every corner and all points between in our country today! So when I hear my boss President Harold Daggett getting attacked by the media and the public for taking a stand for “us” the thousands of men and women that rely on our jobs so that we can provide for our families, well it burns my A$$ to no end! If we had more leaders in this world like this man, we the working men and women of this country would have a fighting chance!
So don’t be so quick to judgment on us the longshoremen of this country for fighting for our jobs because who knows when it will be your turn next!! We are fighting for our rights to make a honest living not to allow a robot to wipe us out so that them corporate bastards can buy another vacation island somewhere!!!!
A pseudo-newsy update about a Facebook rant. I think these guy's real job is to be as much of a stereotype as possible. Grr automation bad! They're trying to stick it to the working man! We's got your back!
