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Rugian
rank Tue Oct 01 17:56:39 2024
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
rank Tue Oct 01 17:58:37 2024
JP Morgan estimates the strike could cost the US economy up to $4.5 billion per day.

Oops

Paramount
rank Tue Oct 01 19:13:26 2024
Good.

murder
rank Wed Oct 02 00:15:49 2024

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
rank Wed Oct 02 05:06:34 2024
Frank Sobotka would be proud.

Dukhat
rank Wed Oct 02 16:52:44 2024
Send in the marines.

Rugian
rank Wed Oct 02 16:58:27 2024
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
rank Thu Oct 03 01:31:39 2024
I'm going with the sabotage Harris option.

Dukhat
rank Sat Oct 05 04:36:38 2024
Back to work already. Poor cuckservatives need to find new pearls to clutch.

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Rugian rank	Tue Oct 01 17:56:39 2024 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 rank	Tue Oct 01 17:58:37 2024 JP Morgan estimates the strike could cost the US economy up to $4.5 billion per day. Oops
Paramount rank	Tue Oct 01 19:13:26 2024 Good.
murder rank	Wed Oct 02 00:15:49 2024 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 rank	Wed Oct 02 05:06:34 2024 Frank Sobotka would be proud.
Dukhat rank	Wed Oct 02 16:52:44 2024 Send in the marines.
Rugian rank	Wed Oct 02 16:58:27 2024 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 rank	Thu Oct 03 01:31:39 2024 I'm going with the sabotage Harris option.
Dukhat rank	Sat Oct 05 04:36:38 2024 Back to work already. Poor cuckservatives need to find new pearls to clutch.
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