Longshoreman Strike - East and Gulf Coast - now features TP shortages
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Here's (I think) another one. My works as a court reporter for the courts. I was telling her earlier, imagine if you and all the other court reporters went on strike and demanded a huge increase in pay and benefits, as well as a guarantee there will never be any kind of electronic way of taking down proceedings, no automated way to do it. Both of us know how a strike like that would turn out, and it definitely wouldn't be good for the court reporters.
I don't know how the port strikes will turn out for te workers but I cannot imagine a guarantee of no automation is acceptable or even feasible in the future. It's a pipe dream, imho. I am very curious how all this will turn out though.
“Thug” is spot on!
IN 2005, this slimeball was on trial in federal court along with another member of the ILA and Lawrence Ricci, an alleged (highly likely) member of the Genovese crime mob.
They had been indicted on mail and wire fraud charges, accused of steering union benefit contracts to firms that paid kickbacks to the Mob.
During the trial Ricci “mysteriously disappeared “ and was later found dead in the trunk of a car at the Huck Finn Diner in…….wait for it……..Union, NJ!
The jury, having clearly received the “message,” acquitted the other non-trunk residing guilty defendants.
Thug Boy was recently demanding the ILA members receive a new contract which, after six years, would boost their pay from $39 per hour to $69 per hour.
He should know all about “mo’ money.”
According to 2023 U.S. Department of Labor filings, Daggett received $728,694 as head of the ILA and a further $173,040 as president emeritus of the local mechanics local chapter of the Port of Newark.
Source: Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2024
Same here, wasn't an option.
Medline and Cardinal Health both get the majority of their outsourced goods through Charleston.
Tons of medicines and the raw materials (med ingredients) used by US pharma manufacturers come through Charleston also.
EDIT: Savannah never impacted us. It was always Charleston.
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Well you know a court reporter probably makes a "certified transcript" (or similar wording) and a defense attorney (or anyone else) could object to any "new" way of doing these things. This adds friction and makes the position worth something. Same defense attorney may even argue that a slower, less qualified scab replacement worker would unconstitutionally delay proceedings as their guy has the right to a speedy trial!
Ignorant panic buying on products that do not even go through the shipping ports.I learn from the past . Ammo and toilet paper always stocked up .
There is rolls of paper for commercial print use imported- not sure how much any more.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/por...ive-deal-on-wages-and-contract-extension.html
Tentative deal in place. Current contract extended to Jan. 15. to allow time for negotiations.
Feels like they're kicking the can down the road.
Tentative deal in place. Current contract extended to Jan. 15. to allow time for negotiations.
Feels like they're kicking the can down the road.
Wow. So there going to work at their lower rate of pay for 3 months, so they can re-strike after Christmas and after the election when no one on earth cares, not to mention getting critical businesses to maybe shore up stock or find alternate supply lines.
These guys failed both math and negotiations 101.
Somebody made out on this deal . You can count on that . We'll probably never know who or what .
Exactly what I was thinking!
Any honest job is a noble one... Dockworkers do more for the country than.... realtors, lol
Well yeah, because I could sell my house all by myself. Need strong robots to help with the stevedore work.
However they are fighting robotic automation that other countries already use to load and unload.
Lots of people label useless jobs that other people make money and others jealous though.
Which hurts consumers.
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We been wanting to move except we have two things holding us back. #1 We can not face the actual moving process..... packing and unpacking and we must hire movers etc..... #2 We simply can not seem to find a house we like enough in any of the locations we have set sights on.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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It a shame because those are some of the better paying , non professional degree type jobs left in the country/world. There was a time when those type jobs were everywhere for the taking. No more. Actually almost all of them are gone with the wind.
