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Rugian
Member Tue Oct 01 10:56:39
East and Gulf coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade

Published Tue, Oct 1 2024 12:07 AM EDT
Updated 14 Min Ago
Lori Ann LaRocco

-Approximately 50,000 ILA union longshoremen were walking off the job at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from New England to Texas starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with ports ownership on a new contract, the union's first strike since 1977.

-Between 43%-49% of all U.S. imports and billions of dollars in trade monthly move through the U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports.

-The International Longshoremen's Association, the largest maritime union in North America, rejected an offer from the port management group USMX on Monday that included a wage hike over six years near 50%.

http://www...rk-stop-billions-in-trade.html

Rugian
Member Tue Oct 01 10:58:37
JP Morgan estimates the strike could cost the US economy up to $4.5 billion per day.

Oops

Paramount
Member Tue Oct 01 12:13:26
Good.

murder
Member Tue Oct 01 17:15:49

You can always count on some group that Democrats support to act up in the months leading up to a presidential election to try to help Republicans win.

obaminated
Member Tue Oct 01 22:06:34
Frank Sobotka would be proud.

Dukhat
Member Wed Oct 02 09:52:44
Send in the marines.

Rugian
Member Wed Oct 02 09:58:27
No need - apparently Biden has the legal authority to force the workers back onto the job, at least until after the election, but he's refused to exercise that option.

http://www...ion-dockworker-strike-00181839

Is Biden just so in the unions' pocket that he's willing to suffer the devastating consequences of a major strike? Or *CT nutter time* could he perhaps still be bitter at how he was forced out of the campaign and is he now trying to sabotage Harris?

kargen
Member Wed Oct 02 18:31:39
I'm going with the sabotage Harris option.

Dukhat
Member Fri Oct 04 21:36:38
Back to work already. Poor cuckservatives need to find new pearls to clutch.

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Rugian Member	Tue Oct 01 10:56:39 East and Gulf coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade Published Tue, Oct 1 2024 12:07 AM EDT Updated 14 Min Ago Lori Ann LaRocco -Approximately 50,000 ILA union longshoremen were walking off the job at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from New England to Texas starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with ports ownership on a new contract, the union's first strike since 1977. -Between 43%-49% of all U.S. imports and billions of dollars in trade monthly move through the U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports. -The International Longshoremen's Association, the largest maritime union in North America, rejected an offer from the port management group USMX on Monday that included a wage hike over six years near 50%. http://www...rk-stop-billions-in-trade.html
Rugian Member	Tue Oct 01 10:58:37 JP Morgan estimates the strike could cost the US economy up to $4.5 billion per day. Oops
Paramount Member	Tue Oct 01 12:13:26 Good.
murder Member	Tue Oct 01 17:15:49 You can always count on some group that Democrats support to act up in the months leading up to a presidential election to try to help Republicans win.
obaminated Member	Tue Oct 01 22:06:34 Frank Sobotka would be proud.
Dukhat Member	Wed Oct 02 09:52:44 Send in the marines.
Rugian Member	Wed Oct 02 09:58:27 No need - apparently Biden has the legal authority to force the workers back onto the job, at least until after the election, but he's refused to exercise that option. http://www...ion-dockworker-strike-00181839 Is Biden just so in the unions' pocket that he's willing to suffer the devastating consequences of a major strike? Or CT nutter time could he perhaps still be bitter at how he was forced out of the campaign and is he now trying to sabotage Harris?
kargen Member	Wed Oct 02 18:31:39 I'm going with the sabotage Harris option.
Dukhat Member	Fri Oct 04 21:36:38 Back to work already. Poor cuckservatives need to find new pearls to clutch.
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