Longshoreman Strike “Buckle Up”

[fl57caveman]

i have been at many major ports in the U.S., none of them set any records for speed or service.... overpaid and lazy imo.

*note, must stop by dollar general & buy 5000 rolls of TP....

 

[fl57caveman]

china is busy planning totally automated ports in mexico as we speak...

 

[Southalabama]

The union lost the fight before the strike started when propaganda reported they make $200k a year. They want to go down with a fight. Strike only hastens the automation.

As far as suffering, sorry if their freedoms to make bad decisions hurts your feelings.

 

[PensacolaOperator]

Let’s keep profits going to the Rothschild family and China. American workers can be surfs.

*serfs

 

[Southalabama]

*serfs

Thanks too much salt life for me

 

[RidgeRunner]

The union lost the fight before the strike started when propaganda reported they make $200k a year. They want to go down with a fight. Strike only hastens the automation.

As far as suffering, sorry if their freedoms to make bad decisions hurts your feelings.

My guess is your a union worker, right. and that's ok, just wondering.

 

[Southalabama]

My guess is your a union worker, right. and that's ok, just wondering.

Nope

Never been a union member

I just think it’s their right to go out fighting. I also tend to support American workers over foreign companies. Once the propaganda got out they making $200k they lost the public whose more interested in cheap crap from China.

How did we ever get in a position where foreign companies are controlling American infrastructure? And the public is supporting the foreign companies?

 

[PensacolaOperator]

How did we ever get in a position where foreign companies are controlling American infrastructure? And the public is supporting the foreign companies?

Since at least the 70's. When our elected officials sold our jobs overseas. For (((cheaper goods)))

 

[Viking1204]

I have a feeling the ones they LET cross the border will come into play. Just my gut talking. Maybe just gas

I have a feeling you're right! I'll also be stopping after work and getting a few supplies we already have but are repeat buys that may become scarce in a week or two, lessons learned from Covid!

 

[DustyDog]

Where the country has messed up and imho will lead to its lean times Is allowing foreign companies to control critical infrastructure and materials.

The union is negotiating against a collective of foreign owned shipping companies and seems most here are rooting for the foreigners, All this is going to end badly for the USA.

Add to that that, instead of manufacturing all the goods we need, we are reduced picking them up off a foreign ship and putting them on the back of a truck, or sitting behind a computer dealing with invoices for foreign goods, or maybe just stocking them on the shelves at Walmart.

i.e., Picking cheap Chinese crap up off of a Chinese ship and dropping it on the back of a truck should not be any American's "Dream Job"!

 

[Southalabama]

Ports along America’s West Coast will continue to operate as normal as a different union represents their workers.

Question becomes what imports that pass through the east and gulf coast ports.

Also note this hurts exports through those same ports. I know a couple of years ago sand from the Atmore area was being sent to China through the port of Mobile. Not sure about today.

 

[donr101395]

It’s a fight between foreign ship companies and American workers. I support the Americans.

Maybe you should have supported American companies before they were sold off and absorbed by foreign companies.
Your logic is extremely illogical. It’s akin to saying you support your neighbor even though he beats his wife just because he’s your neighbor.
I’ll support Americans all day right up until they think they’re more important than the country as a whole and will intentionally do things to harm other Americans in need.


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[Welldoya]

I heard on the news today that the union and the companies have not sat down and talked since June or July.
Where is Buttgig? Shouldn’t he be acting as a go-between and getting these people to the table?

 

[sloporsche]

I heard on the news today that the union and the companies have not sat down and talked since June or July.
Where is Buttgig? Shouldn’t he be acting as a go-between and getting these people to the table?

I guess it is too much to expect this administration to be proactive on this strike threat .

 

[DustyDog]

I guess it is too much to expect this administration to be proactive on this strike threat .

As long as it doesn't affect the supply of ice cream...

 

[Welldoya]

I guess it is too much to expect this administration to be proactive on this strike threat .

Or on anything for that matter.

 

[SLTW]

Unions are trash and protect trash workers. They only need the trash workers on the union payroll to keep their strength. It’s a legal mafia, and needs to be removed from the US workforce.

Yes, I worked in a union, incompetent assholes got paid $45 an hour to be pieces of shit.