DOCK WORKERS STRIKE? - Page 8

Rockycoast · ‎03-02-2016

Maine dockworkers are not on strike either. They do not do business with US Maritime Alliance so it is not impacting them.

My God, the amount of chicken littles, panicking and running around like your heads are cut off in this group is amazing. One would think you had never been through a strike before. As stated, the companies had planned for this. I doubt it will be for long. Give me the level headed any day.

Mersha · ‎03-10-2010

@Rockycoast You nailed it.

Those in this forum thrive on supposed crises where there are none and disinformation.

One must take many things posted "with a grain of salt" and keep things in perspective.

"My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@elated wrote:
This affects truckers and them loosing their income source. The crane operators are making $300,000 per year, with a pay increase of 77% over 6 years would put them over $500,000 a year. They are demanding no automation. Also, West Coast got a 32% increase over 6 years. The unions used to be useful but now they are becoming irrational. With Hurricane Helene destroying many people's lives, this is the last straw. My heart goes out to those that are struggling.

This should have been stopped before it got to this point. It is costing 5 billion per day. Who knows how long this is going to go on and cripple our country. This will effect construction, chemicals, furniture, clothes and toys.

Where are you finding proof that crane operators are making that kind of money, @elated?

WORKING GAL · ‎11-15-2011

My SIL works for Costo in San Antonio, Texas. He said they are out of bottled water and people are hoarding all paper products and they are very low. We are in So. Cal and my husband went to Costco today and they were not anymore crowded than a normal Tuesday. Hopefully we will not be affected here in the West.

Toppers3 · ‎10-25-2016

@JoyFilled Warrior wrote:
@Kachina624

The MD might be able to prescribe an able stabilized Potassium.

I was actually thinking of this myself, and was also going to suggest it to help @Kachina624 as well.

I take one because my level gets depleted due to taking a diuretic.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

CBS:

Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. That rose to $24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service.

The union is demanding a 77% raise over six years, or the equivalent of a $5 increase per hour for each year of the contract. Under the union's proposal, workers would make $44 for the first year of the contract, $49 for the second and up to $69 in its final year.

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That top-tier hourly wage of $39 amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers can make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.

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A more typical longshoreman's salary can exceed $100,000, but not without logging substantial overtime hours. Daggett, the ILA president, maintains that these higher earners work up to 100 hours a week.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

I can’t imagine the physical demands on a dockworker at 100 hours a week. 🤪

Lakelife62 · ‎05-09-2023

@bikerbabe wrote:
I can’t imagine the physical demands on a dockworker at 100 hours a week. 🤪

In reality, I think it would be great if dockworkers were making $300,000 without having work a million hours and break their bodies. Thanks for posting the facts which seem to be more in line with reality. Sure it can be a good living, but there's a sacrifice in the number of hours you have to work and the toll on the body. I bet there's an expiration date on being able to perform that kind of work.

I'm pro-union, so I don't mind giving up my non-essentials until the workers get what they need.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I don't know what the first of a new month looks like where you live, but in my local area, by 9 a.m. on the 1st, grocery stores are slammed hard by large crowds of shoppers who are there to load up for the month! Full carts are a given, and some shelves are bare within the first 5-7 days. This is a normal monthly occurrence here and wouldn't be viewed as a panic situation.