10-01-2024, 09:20 AM
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
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.”
