Experts warn store prices will soar and shelves will be empty as greedy dockworkers strike over 80% pay raise

[otto105]

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US ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike.

A lengthy shutdown of 36 ports - which handle half of America's cargo from ships - could raise cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season approaches.

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Walmart, Home Depot, Ikea and Amazon - who import tens of thousands of containers a year through ports on the east coast - would be worst hit. Empty shelves have not been seen in the US since the post-pandemic supply chain crush in 2021.

The International Longshoremen's Association is demanding a pay rise that works out at about 77 percent over six years. For union members on a typical rate, their wage would go from $81,120 to around $143,520.

Retail expert Neil Saunders of Global Data told DailyMail.om that the strike will cause two main problems - shoppers will face higher prices and empty shelves.

So, like tariffs being leveled on trade.

Also, why do you always side with corporations over workers.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

They're Getting It from Their GreedHead Bosses, Not from Us

Where do you think their bosses get it from?

 

[Lakhota]

 

[para bellum]

Better make my Costco run tomorrow.

Let the hoarding begin...

 

[Dekster]

I went to Sam's today it and it was crazy. I thought maybe it was because it was the first of the month. I didn't know about the strike but that would explain (well sort of) why people were buying tons of paper towels and toilet paper ( though I am not sure that stuff is imported). Lines were like Black Friday lines dozens deep so I had to get sneaky---i went back to the pharmacy that only had a couple people in line and bought some behind the counter allergy medicine and just had them ring up all my other stuff while I was there. I was deemed a saint on my way out as I gave my cart to an elderly couple as there were no carts left to be had. Some people were filling up 2 carts. People are just hoarding like it is COVID. makes no sense. Isn't like everything is imported or all the ports are closed.

 

[Jarlaxle]

They're striking due to automation and for more wages, in the link. Why are they striking for more wages if the economy is so fantastic under Biden? Surely they're better off under Bidenomics.

Because they have been gorging at the trough for decades. Now, they want to lick the plate.,

Lay off the firewater, shitting bull.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Because they have been gorging at the trough for decades. Now, they want to lick the plate.,

Lay off the firewater, shitting bull.

Build Back Better in action.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Anything the Leftists don't like is automatically a lie.

Rush Limbaugh was right: modern Liberalism is a mental defect.

Limbaughtomy was a retard, a pedofile and drug addict.
Rotting in hell.

 

[westwall]

So much for the dignity of labour and the party of the working man.

If the strike lasts long enough the working people of the country will be broke.

So much for the working man.

 

[initforme]

That top-tier hourly wage of $39 amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. ​

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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.​

How much do dockworkers make? Here is the pay raise they secured in tentative new deal.

Thousands of East and Gulf Coast dockworkers went on strike demanding higher pay. Here are the wage increases they secured.

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200,000 is middle class. We have ceos and such making alot more so this isn't a big wage.

 

[initforme]

Overtime wages need to be increased as well.

 

[sealybobo]

Putin endorsed Kamala. Just like you, and Dick Cheney.

And AOC. Everyone except the rich, racists or religious. The new KKK. The RRR.

 

[sealybobo]

Are you high or are you stupid? No one is wanting a long strike at all, we don’t want inflation. Now prove that I am siding with he Chinese on anything, or we will know you are still a lying dishonest partisan clown.

I'll tell you what. This story has me conflicted. I say I stand with the workers when it's one or 3 car companies but what about a month before an election? Should Trump's buddy, foreign companies and idiot union workers have the power to effect our elections? October Surprise indeed.

The strike begins the same day as the vice-presidential debate and days after Trump, appearing at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, admitted to avoiding paying overtime.

“I know a lot about overtime,” the Republican candidate said Sunday. “I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I’d get other people, I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay.”

Trump administration fought unions in office​

If Trump wins, I will be the most anti union guy here. I will agree with Trump and Musk.

Despite the administration's reputation for being anti-union, the national Teamsters union withheld its endorsement from either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, though a slew of swing state locals independently endorsed the Democratic nominee.

The ILA has not announced an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race but put their weight behind then candidate Joe Biden in 2020.

The ILA is looking for a 61.5% pay increase over six years, according to CNBC. IS that too much? Maybe they're just starting high like you're supposed to in a negotiation.

On Monday, USMX said in a statement that it had offered to hike wages by nearly 50%, triple employer contributions to employee retirement plans, improve health care options, and keep its current language around automation and semi-automation.”

I think they should take it.

Who does USMX represent? All foreign companies who own these docks. Do you side with them?

 

[hadit]

I don't care about you. You guys. All the cons on this board. I lump you together. Now get over yourself.

Post that to someone else. If I do identity politics, I make it clear. If I say you, I mean you.

 

[sealybobo]

The Teamsters are the ones now out of work because the Longshoremen are on strike, dumbass! They have no trucks to drive to deliver containers and goods.

If they help Trump win, FUCK EM. Fuck all unions. They can't strike. They have no power. In fact, make them illegal. Starting with teachers and cops.

 

[initforme]

I say raise overtime wages. Don't advocate for lessening them.

 

[DStar777]

Biden has the authority to force them to work and Biden / Harris did nothing in response except offer thoughts and prayers.

Why should a President have this kind of authority (.. and it does NOT matter if that President happens to be Biden or Trump) ???

 

[sealybobo]

Post that to someone else. If I do identity politics, I make it clear. If I say you, I mean you.

Not me. I mean YOUS GUYS. And I'm sure I'm right about YOU.

Do you side with the workers or their foreign bosses?

 

[Papageorgio]

And AOC. Everyone except the rich, racists or religious. The new KKK. The RRR.

You’re racist, so you are voting for Trump?

 

[hadit]

Not me. I mean YOUS GUYS. And I'm sure I'm right about YOU.

Again with the foil helmet mindreading devices I keep telling you don't work.

Do you side with the workers or their foreign bosses?

False choice. I side with those who will keep vital goods flowing and not cut them off for crass financial gain, especially things like lifesaving medicines. I do not support people like protesters who prevent an ambulance from reaching a dying person or getting such a person to a hospital, and people die. They have blood on their hands. So do the workers if they cause death.

THAT is the true choice. Do you support workers killing people because they want more money?