Dockworker’s strike

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why even bring up your uncle then? What was the purpose?

He is cackling with delight that shelves will be empty and after the pandemic inflation, the orange sun king will return.

Basically he wants the union to do Trump’s bidding and make Biden Harris look bad.

Have you looked at the Longshoremans’ demands? They don’t mention a single candidate. They are about wages and automation only.

Demands for increased wages are reasonable but people need to stop demanding limits on automation.

Automation will inevitably replace expensive workers.

Automation is coming for your job too. Humans having jobs is more important than maximum profit.

How much extra are you willing to pay for bananas?

The longshoreman are demanding a 70%+ raise and were offered a 50% raise. If those goes on more than a week public opinion is going to swing against them.

Their max pay is now $39 an hour now, a 70% raise is being instituted over 6 years at $5 an hour a year.

$39/hour for a max salary is chicken scratch for what those people have to endure. That’s around $75,000-$80,000 a year for back breaking work where you always the risk of having your skull, legs, or back caved in by a shipping container. Shame on you for thinking they’re being greedy in their demands.

This thread really brings to light how phony these supposed “Democrats” are on this board. These “Democrats” on here are mostly neoconservative Republicans who have libertarian social and cultural views. Not Democrats in my book at all.

I stand with the workers of America, not greedy corporations. You should too.

Gross.


Your latest shipment of MAGA hats might be delayed. What will you think then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's worse - Biden mentioning collective bargaining yesterday or both sides meeting last week for the first time since June?

Since JUNE??

It is clear now that the head of this union is a Trump supporter and has not been negotiating in good faith and wants this work stoppage to make Biden look bad.

Every longshoreman I know is a Trump supporter, which is really ironic, but they don't see it that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading some of these arguments I can't help but think that this was planned for political purposes.

Of course it was. Trump has the unions in his pocket doing his bidding. This is election interference.

I swear, Kamala needs to issue an executive order outlawing unions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What isn't?

The Boeing strike

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The unions are not showing up for Harris anyway.


Fire them all, and replace them with African American workers. It’s time for someone else to get a turn at these 300k jobs.

Stronger together; diversity is our strength.

Replace them with immigrants. We need to give new Americans a boost.

In the port area I'm from, most of the best longshoreman jobs are filled by white workers who are there because they have an in somehow. Some of my relatives are among them, and they are all Trump supporters.

I say replace them with black Americans and poor white (or other race) American citizens who need these well paying jobs. Lots of people from the mountains are going to need jobs now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading some of these arguments I can't help but think that this was planned for political purposes.

Of course it was. Trump has the unions in his pocket doing his bidding. This is election interference.

I swear, Kamala needs to issue an executive order outlawing unions.

hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That is RICH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's worse - Biden mentioning collective bargaining yesterday or both sides meeting last week for the first time since June?

Since JUNE??

It is clear now that the head of this union is a Trump supporter and has not been negotiating in good faith and wants this work stoppage to make Biden look bad.

Every longshoreman I know is a Trump supporter, which is really ironic, but they don't see it that way.

Because they’re morons who can’t do regular careers because they dropped out of school and became dead-enders. Uneducated blue collar morons who never made anything of themselves but are now trying to overthrow an election by destroying the economy.

Basically it’s another J6 attempt. Same type people though. Thugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading some of these arguments I can't help but think that this was planned for political purposes.

Of course it was. Trump has the unions in his pocket doing his bidding. This is election interference.

I swear, Kamala needs to issue an executive order outlawing unions.

hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That is RICH.

WHY do people keep talking like Kamala can issue EOs or make policy as VP???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The unions are not showing up for Harris anyway.


Fire them all, and replace them with African American workers. It’s time for someone else to get a turn at these 300k jobs.

Stronger together; diversity is our strength.

Replace them with immigrants. We need to give new Americans a boost.

In the port area I'm from, most of the best longshoreman jobs are filled by white workers who are there because they have an in somehow. Some of my relatives are among them, and they are all Trump supporters.

I say replace them with black Americans and poor white (or other race) American citizens who need these well paying jobs. Lots of people from the mountains are going to need jobs now.

Latinos are already a larger and still growing demographic than AA’s. We need them. Those jobs should go to new immigrants, not people that have been here for hundreds of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading some of these arguments I can't help but think that this was planned for political purposes.

Of course it was. Trump has the unions in his pocket doing his bidding. This is election interference.

I swear, Kamala needs to issue an executive order outlawing unions.

hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That is RICH.

WHY do people keep talking like Kamala can issue EOs or make policy as VP???

There are several leftists on this board that would do anything to retain power at any one time. They have situational ethics.

They'll flip 180 degrees on themselves in a heartbeat. Whatever at the moment to keep power with zero principles.

One has really shown themselves in this particular thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The unions are not showing up for Harris anyway.


Fire them all, and replace them with African American workers. It’s time for someone else to get a turn at these 300k jobs.

Stronger together; diversity is our strength.

Replace them with immigrants. We need to give new Americans a boost.

You and the PP before you don't represent the Democratic party. Which party do you identify with? Just curious

[Anonymous]

I'm all for unions, but we have a problem with this guy and the dockworkers strike with 45,000 longshoremen striking from Maine to Texas, don't we?

This is our “October Surprise.”

"ILA President Daggett enjoys a long relationship with Donald Trump going back decades in New York City. Both Trump and Daggett are the same age and were both from Queens, New York.

In late November 2023, former President Trump invited the ILA president to meet with him in Florida at Mar-a-Lago,

'We had a wonderful, productive 90-minute meeting where I expressed to President Trump the threat of automation to American workers, said ILA President Harold Daggett.

'President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the U.S. Mr. Trump also listened to my concerns about Federal 'Right To Work' laws which undermines unions and their ability to represent and fight for its membership.'"

This was written on the ILA's website from an article in July when he told people to pray for Donald after his assassination attempt.

Notice how he called him "President Trump."

Daggett also turned down President Biden's offer to help mediate the dispute, "We will not be interested in Biden sending us a mediator if negotiations are not going well.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So a month before the election we’re on the verge of a massive dockworker’s strike that will basically shut down US Atlantic ports. This seems like a huge disaster for Biden and Harris. What leverage do they have to step in?

They have the Taft-Hartley Act.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act

They've already said they aren't going to interfere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading some of these arguments I can't help but think that this was planned for political purposes.

Of course it was. Trump has the unions in his pocket doing his bidding. This is election interference.

I swear, Kamala needs to issue an executive order outlawing unions.

hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That is RICH.

WHY do people keep talking like Kamala can issue EOs or make policy as VP???

There are several leftists on this board that would do anything to retain power at any one time. They have situational ethics.

They'll flip 180 degrees on themselves in a heartbeat. Whatever at the moment to keep power with zero principles.

One has really shown themselves in this particular thread.

+1 the situational ethics on the far left is basically another form of maga. They don't represent the Democratic party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The unions are not showing up for Harris anyway.


Fire them all, and replace them with African American workers. It’s time for someone else to get a turn at these 300k jobs.

Stronger together; diversity is our strength.

Replace them with immigrants. We need to give new Americans a boost.

In the port area I'm from, most of the best longshoreman jobs are filled by white workers who are there because they have an in somehow. Some of my relatives are among them, and they are all Trump supporters.

I say replace them with black Americans and poor white (or other race) American citizens who need these well paying jobs. Lots of people from the mountains are going to need jobs now.

Latinos are already a larger and still growing demographic than AA’s. We need them. Those jobs should go to new immigrants, not people that have been here for hundreds of years.

No "people" have been here for hundreds of years. Everyone needs jobs. Being a new immigrant doesn't entitle someone to a particular job.