Dockworker’s strike
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Anonymous
They deserve it and Democrats will always stand up for American workers. |
Anonymous
Wait, I thought the Democrats hated blue collar workers and never did anything for them or unions? |
Anonymous
Private negotiation between dock workers and private company. Biden/Harris promised not to get involved? Outside of doing nothing, what congratulating do they deserve? Please explain. It kinda like I deserve credit today as the Sun finally came out! |
Anonymous
Back room negotiations |
Anonymous
Bidens secretary of labor was part of the negotiations dumb dumb. |
Anonymous
People were “panic buying” because of the hurricane aftermath, either because they needed supplies or were buying to donate. My parents live 3 hours East of Asheville. They went to Costco to buy water, toilet paper, etc for hurricane relief and found empty shelves in these areas— and a huge line of people paying for these things and dropping them at the tractor-trailer headed to WNC in Costco’s parking lot. You really think we import most of our gas, water and toilet paper? |
Anonymous
People have been buying to donate to Hurricane relief. Not because they think China makes our TP. I mean, maybe MAGA does. The idiocy is strong with them. But, I know a dozen people buying water, batteries, TP, etc for the hurricane areas— and zero people concerned the US was going to run out of TP. |
Anonymous
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Deal was 63% salary increase. All other issues are to still need to be negotiated. They ar wonky working until 1/15/25 in this extension of their contract. It’s not a done deal. The strike is only suspended until then.
I wonder what the payoff was to get them to stop protesting before the election and wait until after? I’m sure they were bought off to keep quiet. |
Anonymous
Maybe, maybe not. But it would not have ended so quickly. Biden put pressure on the employers and reminded them of the astronomical profits they made during and after covid. He refused to enact the Taft-Hartley Act which would have forced the longshoremen to leave the picket lines and go back to work. So yeah, Biden did do something. It's a pity that he isn't a narcissist like the TFG and tweet about every little thing accomplished. |
Anonymous
| Trump would have said to fire them all and then claimed he was creating new blue collar jobs. |
Anonymous
| Just received an email from the Maryland Dept of Health asking medical practitioners to conserve IV fluids. There are shortages due to the strikes and also a major production plant in Marion, NC has been closed down due to hurricane damage. Scary stuff. |
Anonymous
The strike is over. If there are shortages, it is because of the hurricane. I suppose some will blame the Jews and space lasers for that. |