Dock workers set to strike

[AmyNation]

15 ports, from Texas to New York, could cost a billion dollars a day

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=moneywatch&catid=57561047&feed_id=76&videofeed=43

"The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload. The Alliance has argued that the longshoremen, who it said earn an average $124,138 per year in wages and benefits, are compensated well enough already."

 

[Avatar4321]

That's unfortunate. everyone else will feel that hit

 

[Politico]

Awesome. Bring it on.

 

[AmyNation]

Obama can do what bush did during the last dock strike, though I don't know if he will.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The longshoremen should be ordered back to work. If they refuse they should be declared terrorists and thrown in jail. Under the PATRIOT Act, that strike would meet the definition of terrorism.

(Actually, they should be shit-canned and replaced.)

 

[syrenn]

I think they should be allowed to strike all they want.....


and the docks hire other permanent replacements for the slugs who walked off and quit.

 

[SniperFire]

I think they should be allowed to strike all they want.....


and the docks hire other permanent replacements for the slugs how walked off and quit.

Exactly.

Unions are great, as long as the employer is not bound by law to put up with their childish antics.

Get rid of these maggots.

 

[AmyNation]

If they strike, it could be considered a state of emergency, they'd hold damn near the whole country hostage.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Oh look, unions again causing mayhem all in the name of stopping technology from lowering costs....to keep their cushy jobs in place.

 

[DiamondDave]

I think they should be allowed to strike all they want.....


and the docks hire other permanent replacements for the slugs how walked off and quit.

Bingo

 

[RoadVirus]

Damn no-good Unions. Destroyed the Auto Industry, Hostess and now they're going to destroy the entire country

 

[AmyNation]

Their employer wants them to take a pay cut, I wouldnt take a cut in pay quietly either.

Of course, I've also worked jobs where my pay was cut by doing essentially the same thing their employer wants to do, it never occurred to me to walk off the job and hold my employer hostage until they reinstated my pay.

 

[syrenn]

Damn no-good Unions. Destroyed the Auto Industry, Hostess and now they're going to destroy the entire country

what do you mean... going to? .... they have.

 

[OKTexas]

Their employer wants them to take a pay cut, I wouldnt take a cut in pay quietly either.

Of course, I've also worked jobs where my pay was cut by doing essentially the same thing their employer wants to do, it never occurred to me to walk off the job and hold my employer hostage until they reinstated my pay.

I saw a mention of a freeze on royalties per container, nothing about a cut, did I miss something?

 

[Politico]

Yeah they make 200 - 300k not including bonuses to load trucks. They're hurting.

 

[Meister]

If they strike, it could be considered a state of emergency, they'd hold damn near the whole country hostage.

Reagan knew how to handle this kind of situation. (air traffic controllers)

 

[Avatar4321]

If they strike, it could be considered a state of emergency, they'd hold damn near the whole country hostage.

Reagan knew how to handle this kind of situation. (air traffic controllers)

Yeah. Well Reagan has passed onto a better life. Our current President favors the Unions.

 

[The Professor]

Their employer wants them to take a pay cut, I wouldnt take a cut in pay quietly either.

Of course, I've also worked jobs where my pay was cut by doing essentially the same thing their employer wants to do, it never occurred to me to walk off the job and hold my employer hostage until they reinstated my pay.

I saw a mention of a freeze on royalties per container, nothing about a cut, did I miss something?

You didn't miss anything. It's all about container royalties. Here is how Michelle Malkin describes the problem:

» Malkin: What the Looming Port Strike Is Really About » Commentary -- GOPUSA

 

[Meister]

If they strike, it could be considered a state of emergency, they'd hold damn near the whole country hostage.

Reagan knew how to handle this kind of situation. (air traffic controllers)

Yeah. Well Reagan has passed onto a better life. Our current President favors the Unions.

Yup, one had 'nads and the other one doesn't.

 

[Avatar4321]

Reagan knew how to handle this kind of situation. (air traffic controllers)

Yeah. Well Reagan has passed onto a better life. Our current President favors the Unions.

Yup, one had 'nads and the other one doesn't.

Im not sure that's the issue. I think they just have completely different goals.