US ports longshoremen’s strike (East and Gulf coasts) (1 Viewer)

[LonghornSaint]

This sounds like extortion.

Watching this vid, I'm seeing this man but hearing Mike Ehrmantraut

 

[Eeyore]

It seems to me that in that situation when you know you are doomed to fail in the long run, the smart move would be to negotiate for more money, guarantees for a certain number of jobs for a certain time period, and for the employers to fund free training to train guys to work with the new automated systems or pay for them to be trained for other job markets.

A union is required to act in the best interest of every dues paying member. They could be brought up on charges with the department of labor for failing to act in the best interest of every member. We don't/can't/won't trade away jobs.

 

[St. Widge]

A union is required to act in the best interest of every dues paying member. They could be brought up on charges with the department of labor for failing to act in the best interest of every member. We don't/can't/won't trade away jobs.

I get that, but at the same time there are situations where what might be right for one group of members is not right for another group of members. It's unavoidable when they are dealing with people in different life situations that are in the same group. There are inevitable conflicts when you are talking about the interest of a guy who is say 60 and a guy who is say 24.

In other situations, those conflicts often mean that each group gets separate representation, but I get that that might not be possible under U.S. labor laws.

And I didn't suggest that the Union should, would, or could trade away jobs. But it's unfortunately inevitable that there will be job losses in that industry no matter what the Union does.

 

[2009ring]

Hearing rumors this might be settled. Stay tuned

 

[2009ring]

It's over

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/business/port-strike-union-deal/index.html

 

[Brennan77]

Good. Stop hoarding the toilet paper you weirdos.

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

Good. Stop hoarding the toilet paper you weirdos.

What's crazy about that is, toilet paper is domestically produced, not even at risk with this strike. People are weird.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Good. Stop hoarding the toilet paper you weirdos.

YES, PLEASE!!!!!! This was a bad time for my TP Low-Light to come on!!!!

 

[bigdaddysaints]

It's over

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/business/port-strike-union-deal/index.html

not over just delayed really.. hopefully they get it together before Jan 15 th

 

[St. Widge]

So after all this talk about automation and protecting jobs, they settled for a 66% wage increase with no guaranteed jobs in the future? Or did CNN not report the entire tentative agreement?

 

[St. Widge]

What's crazy about that is, toilet paper is domestically produced, not even at risk with this strike. People are weird.

So is bottled water, but people were hoarding that too. I think people just defaulted to hoarding what they hoarded for the pandemic.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

So after all this talk about automation and protecting jobs, they settled for a 66% wage increase with no guaranteed jobs in the future? Or did CNN not report the entire tentative agreement?

They agreed to keep talking on the other points but have settled the wage increase.

 

[Saint_Ward]

What's crazy about that is, toilet paper is domestically produced, not even at risk with this strike. People are weird.

No, people are dumb.

 

[El Caliente]

What's crazy about that is, toilet paper is domestically produced, not even at risk with this strike. People are weird.

Explain that to my anus like it’s a 3rd grader.