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Dock workers at ports get a 62% pay increase
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:55 am
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:55 am
Wow! Who new moving containers could pay so much but then again i never thought flipping burgers would pay 20 and hour. Can you say inflation thru the roof and only getting worse. Why bother with college.
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Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:55 am to FLObserver
College ain't for everyone
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:56 am to FLObserver
They should’ve let them keep striking
We can make everything here we don’t need imports
We can make everything here we don’t need imports
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:57 am to FLObserver
So dock workers are so essential to the economy that if they don’t work it will shut down the US but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:00 am to theronswanson
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So dock workers are so essential to the economy that if they don’t work it will shut down the US but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
I didn't see the US shutting down. I know dock workers are against email, but were they against email too? the internet?
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:02 am to FLObserver
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flipping burgers would pay 20
at least the burger flippers pay was based on demand and free markets. The port workers are just a little tribe that uses political levers to artificially push their wages up way above the average forklift driver.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:03 am to FLObserver
So y’all know how this works?
The more they pay the workers…the more the companies charge for services…the more all of the goods will cost.
This is how and why prices for everyday items go up.
And people think that the companies just won’t make as much money…WRONG.
The more they pay the workers…the more the companies charge for services…the more all of the goods will cost.
This is how and why prices for everyday items go up.
And people think that the companies just won’t make as much money…WRONG.
This post was edited on 10/4/24 at 8:04 am
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:03 am to theronswanson
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So dock workers are so essential to the economy that if they don’t work it will shut down the US but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
That’s not how supply and demand works, buddy. They are only “essential” because they are basically a monopoly that controls all ports of entry for goods and services.
Using your logic, if a utility company with monopoly power decided to shut off services to an entire region because they were denied the ability to increase prices, they’d be doing the right thing because they are “essential”
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:04 am to theronswanson
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So dock workers are so essential to the economy that if they don’t work it will shut down the US but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
With the advancement of Machine Learning (A.I.) + Automation, I wouldn't give an employer one single reason to advance any thoughts into making my job irrelevant, but that hasn't stopped fast food workers and longshoremen.
This post was edited on 10/4/24 at 8:05 am
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:05 am to FLObserver
Unions are no longer organized labor. They are now organized crime.
All Unions should be obolished.
All Unions should be obolished.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:05 am to FLObserver
You do realize the pay increase is. In line with standard wage increases right?
They haven’t had a pay increase since before COVID and this one is spread out over 6 years
They haven’t had a pay increase since before COVID and this one is spread out over 6 years
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:09 am to FLObserver
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Can you say inflation thru the roof and only getting worse
Why is this the default response when a group gets a pay raise?
You want to be mad at a group? Look at C Suite that get paid 200X the average worker at the company.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:11 am to 225Tyga
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So y’all know how this works?
The more they pay the workers…the more the companies charge for services…the more all of the goods will cost.
This is how and why prices for everyday items go up.
And people think that the companies just won’t make as much money…WRONG.
And yet your anger is directed at the blue collar worker and not the C Suite of the company lol
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:12 am to FLObserver
it shouldn't have been too hard to work over uneducated fork lifters...
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:14 am to Dog Tree
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All Unions should be obolished.
So close
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:16 am to jcole4lsu
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And yet your anger is directed at the blue collar worker
They make horrible decisions. Their current crisis will lead to automation sooner, not later.
This post was edited on 10/4/24 at 8:17 am
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:16 am to SG_Geaux
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College ain't for everyone
Nor should it be. We send too many kids to college.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:17 am to FLObserver
I don't get the hate for these guys.
Forklift and dock work isn't a high skill job, but it's not something you want to leave to anyone willing to operate the machine.
I've worked with some teenager/early 20s forklift operators and it's kind of dangerous to be around someone who treats the lift like a toy in a warehouse, let alone an actual dock where precision is necessary.
Forklift and dock work isn't a high skill job, but it's not something you want to leave to anyone willing to operate the machine.
I've worked with some teenager/early 20s forklift operators and it's kind of dangerous to be around someone who treats the lift like a toy in a warehouse, let alone an actual dock where precision is necessary.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:17 am to theronswanson
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So dock workers are so essential to the economy that if they don’t work it will shut down the US but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
They are as essential as a mobster showing up to the florist to take an envelope of cash while pointing a gun at the clerk.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 8:19 am to theronswanson
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S but not essential enough to deserve a large pay increase?
They were offered a massive raise and instead decided to strike.
I doubt theyre smart enough to understand if they won or lost.
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