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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why even bring up your uncle then? What was the purpose? [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

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

Automation will inevitably replace expensive workers.[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

I don't see how shutting down the ports and stopping all trade to the Eastern seaboard a few weeks before a national election advances the interests of glorified forklift operators who are already making six figures. And these workers have already been offered a 50 percent wage increase, which they rejected. In a few days, it will be impossible to find fresh fruit in more than half the country. And that's just the beginning. Stopping nearly all trade is going to have rapidly cascading effects that are going to impact every human being in the United States - from food shortages to a big spike in inflation to job losses as the economy grinds to a halt. And to choose to strike just weeks before people vote effectively hands the election to Trump and the GOP. Harris and Democrats have no chance in these circumstances.

I'm not sure why unions think they're going to get a better deal with Republicans in power. If anything, the Longshoremen Union have made a very compelling case for why we need to accelerate automation in the ports. It should not be possible for a few thousand well-paid union members to impact the livelihoods and well-being of every American while actively throwing a national election to Donald Trump and the GOP.

This democrat stands with the robots now.   [/quote]

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