'This needs to get resolved': Secretary Buttigieg on the ongoing dockworker strike

[@yveeriksson7437]

This is how billionaires are made, 800% profit trickle up to the owners. When people complain over inflation, they don't realize that a big part of the price gauge is due to greedflation, making the billionaires.

[@K.L.M.Online]

@harley2die4 I can only assume from your comment that you are an enemy of organized labour. That’s not a compliment.

[@censorshipisreal3153]

@@K.L.M.Onlinedon’t blame Trump when inflation rises and stores supples run out. This will drive those things to happen.

[@WinstonSmith24]

The Union boss owns a multimillion dollar yacht.

[@DuaneHallinSD]

@@censorshipisreal3153 Hush troll. Worry about your own country.

[@Construimus_Batuimus]

@@harley2die4 That is a copout of the lowest order. *LABOR* was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for ALL things. *It was **_not_** by gold or by silver, **_but by labor,_** that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.* *(ADAM SMITH)*

[@sandrastjohn-qr5tc]

I’m with the dock workers all the way. Pay for the people who do the work. Fat Cat Billionaires do nothing for humanity

[@swordarmstudios6052]

I mean that's fine - but this strike could actually crash the economy. This isn't great. The president is starting to apply pressure to both parties to make a deal. The important here is that the ports remain open.

[@dsc1906]

I’m a union worker and I agree with you 1000%

[@dietotaku]

i just hope you're including the union president in that math. he has a multi-million-dollar mansion and parks his bentley in a 5-car garage. he's also a trump supporter who timed this specifically to hurt democrats in november.

[@dsc1906]

@@dietotaku In an attempt to make it seem like this is a Biden/Harris issue. So slick and messed up.

[@dsc1906]

@@dietotaku But everyone knows Biden is VERY pro-union. He respect the bargaining agreement process. I do believe (don’t quote me) that he said he is gonna put pressure on these companies to get it done.

[@babyblue704]

I stand with the workers. The owners need to do the right thing and not compromise the economy further.

[@armandhammer2235]

Go to your boss and demand more money or you're not working next time you go to work. Let me know how that works out for you.

[@lindaklein6426]

Join the union in 10 of you do it in the shop shuts down. Then you negotiate with the owners. When he can't find anybody with the same skill sets as those 10.

[@babyblue704]

@armandhammer2235 first of all I work for a union and we really do this. And the purpose of having unions us to strengthen the workforce. Take your ignorant azz comment to faux news

[@armandhammer2235]

@@babyblue704 Wait a minute.....Have gamers unionized? 😂

[@dietotaku]

@@armandhammer2235 tell me you don't understand how unions work without telling me you don't understand how unions work.

[@pennygleeson5029]

Well said Joe & Pete - the greed of owners is just appalling! Those dockworkers worked all the way thru the covid epidemic, keeping the economy going, regardless of risk! The greed of the rich is just disgusting - they need to share some of their gains with the people who created them! 😡😡

[@Coolidge2329]

Remember all the nurses fired for not getting the vaccine

[@MKR5210]

Yeah? How much do you want to pay the hero migrants that picked all your food and processed all your meat during Covid?!!!

[@pegasus5287]

Billions for Ukraine, billions for the newcomers, 700 dollars for these people who have just lost everything in that hurricane. We hear you, we hear you.

[@joboygbpedwards]

They worked through Covid? So. People work their whole lives.

[@UrbCrafter]

Penny Gleason is a communist shill for the union...

[@donaldnorlie3773]

This is not a small issue. This is what happens when the super rich is handed massive tax cuts while making a 800% increase in profits while their workers pay more taxes then they do . This country will never achieve the goal of health care for all, or affordable housing until this gross injustice stops. The laws that protect the rich, and the politicians taking bribes especially legal bribes must be changed, before the people have no choice but to force change any way possible .

[@KaiserBlade]

That explains why KARLmala Harris was in California partying in California with billionaires while President Trump was in North Carolina with tankers of gasoline and water helping victims of the Hurricane. Biden was on the beach laying in the sand like a cat turd.

[@berthabridges3483]

The former president is happy 😊 enough to buy his products from China. 🇨🇳 All his merchandise is made in China. His "Make America Great Again" hats are made in China. 🇨🇳 The former president's knock-off watches ⌚️ he's been hawking are from China, and we mustn't forget his "Golden Athletic shoes." was a bust, he was so sure African Americans would be buying them up, but many said, "they wouldn't be caught dead in them." they were made in China. Ivanka was granted patents to make her failed clothing line in sweat shops in China. So let's cut the B.S. about American made goods. Only the Biden-Harris administration has bought back "American Made" products like semiconductor factories in America 🏭 creating good jobs. My State his one.

[@daveharvey5764]

All of my products are made in Ukraine and will never be sold to America. Thank Biden/harris for that one.

[@mangographics225]

Thanks for your post!

[@freda2758]

Corporations need to pay their employees fair wages. Period. This is why I will always support unions.

[@Coolidge2329]

10% for the big guy

[@freda2758]

​@@Coolidge2329What's your worth at your job? Do you have a job? Why are you arguing in support of corporations?

[@roejogan7770]

@@freda2758This union is greedy.

[@yoshiclubcaptainfeerick7750]

@@roejogan7770Were you listening? The pay the workers get for what they do is not good. It did not go up when others around the country did. Six owners of ports down eastern seaboard to the gulf have caused this through their greed and not keeping their workers’ wages in line with cost of living.

[@Mr.White10-65]

@@yoshiclubcaptainfeerick7750 They say the average is in the $80K range, but in reality they are making around $150K after overtime they all gladly work. I'm not saying they shouldn't get an increase in pay, but I'm not saying they should get how much they are asking for.

[@Sarcasticron]

It's so obvious that the owners have obscene amounts of money, and at this point it's a brain disease, like hoarding or anorexia. They're so empty, they'll never feel they have enough money, so they need to be forced to share with their workers who made the money for them. Sal at What's Going On With Shipping has a great analysis of what the workers are asking for, everyone should check it out. He's very knowledgeable and thoughtful, really good at explaining shipping-related news.

[@arronsmith4958]

💯

[@jackiechristian-di6sy]

Buttigieg for Kamala's Secretary of State...He wont need translators..He speaks so many languages.

[@pegasus5287]

And that forked tongue

[@vaseline69]

according to my friend his Norwegian is horrible, but yeah I think he would be a great Secretary of State

[@DonMason-cv6og]

@@pegasus5287 we are talking about Pete. Not shady pance

[@xsomedudex]

Guy needs to resign

[@Johnfmckinnon420]

pegacyst5287 Says a maga drone or Russian troll.

[@Nitrox4me]

Profound greed... that's all these dock owners know. Pay the guys/gals that make you those extreme profits! Don't be rectal cavities!

[@censorshipisreal3153]

@@Nitrox4me like the 750,000 the union boss makes a year ?

[@lindaklein6426]

​@@censorshipisreal3153and they earn every dime of it fighting for the union brothers and sisters!

[@redsoles174]

Rectal cavities! That's funny!

[@Nitrox4me]

@@censorshipisreal3153 I agree, they are more than compensated, but they're not the only ones raking it in. The top 1/3 of longshoremen make over $200k a year plus substantial benefits. Most of the "newbies average about $80k

[@lisamareeaccary5132]

If Pete ever runs he’d get my vote

[@mangographics225]

Me too! From a "childless cat lady"!!

[@kp6880]

PAY THE WORKERS!!! This is corporate greed writ large.

[@joboygbpedwards]

When you get your own business you can decide what to pay your workers.

[@CMcKay-ip2nc]

@@joboygbpedwards that is what slave owners used to say I'd bet.

[@sherihunt7453]

800% profit. Pay the workers

[@Coolidge2329]

Sounds like zelensky

[@yvonneplant9434]

Soon companies won't have to pay them. Automation will do a lot more " work".

[@user-sr6rm9yy1o]

Biden Administration is the worst in USA history and we are voting their VP? Word salad kamala?? Seriously??

[@jaysmith6863]

Just hire all the illegals that came over to work for cheaper.

[@mikebrigs1218]

@@yvonneplant9434 So why raise the minimun wage rate???

[@ElizabethJW]

This is what I’ve been trying to tell people who blame the president and government for high prices in the grocery store. It’s these millionaire owners of these companies who made such huge profits off of a global tragedy that left most Americans struggling to put food on the table. We need to place blame and fight against who is responsible for the price gouging. I stand with the dock workers because they deserve to get what they are owed! They work hard, long hours and they directly help us all get the resources we need. President Biden said it perfectly. 💙

[@frosty7646]

Give the dock workers what they want. Profits need to go into the pockets of the workers. Not boards and CEOs.

[@Chungus-um4fp]

Sounds like that monopoly needs to be broken up. 800% profit? We're getting robbed. Those owners need to be jailed or fined for price gouging.

[@sageallure]

People need to pay attention and stop voting against their own interests. Corporate greed in America is a runaway train because of the people who have repeatedly voted for politicians who weaken regulations that hold corporations and their executives accountable.

[@fortunazee]

President, would you please put the pressure on those owners of those port dismisses to give in to the demands of the longshoreman union members the country and our economy is more important than these billionaires they need to be put in their place

[@Aaron-ic1jv]

Union strong

[@amolejoshua7452]

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[@KacieLehman]

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[@amolejoshua7452]

@rossie-m2t Due to the market falls, I need advice on how to rebuild my portfolio and develop more successful tactics. Where can I find this teacher?

[@amolejoshua7452]

@rossie-m2t I appreciate this. After curiously searching her name online and reviewing her credentials, I'm quite impressed. I've contacted her as I could use all the help I can get.

[@kimhorne-fortner3938]

Yes they deserve a raise. But why the strike now? Because head of the union, friend/backer of trump, made an agreement with trump last yr to do this. The head of the union makes 900k a yr. Says it all.

[@relentlessprofanity]

They're striking now because now is when the contract expired. That's how union negotiations work.

[@lindaklein6426]

And Trump is no friend to the head of the Union he's friends to the owners!

[@dsc1906]

I am a union worker m, but I see both points.

[@CJRM-om9os]

Yes. Contracts do expire on a set time. BUT it could be very, very easy if a Union head decides he wants to make an impact on political issues, can do exactly that. They were given a 50% wage increase offer, more into their retirement savings plan and more into their health care plan. The union said "NO". They want a 77% increase in wages over the life of the next contract. Now, as a former union member, I have never heard of such high request for negotiated wages. That is astronomical.

[@dsc1906]

@@CJRM-om9os I can agree. As a union worker, that is kinda high.

[@gailhorrocks]

Too many people are suffering....this need to end

[@robfarrell9104]

All under Dem leadership.

[@northside3701]

@@robfarrell9104 Do you ever blame Republicans for anything? 😐

[@foxsparrow8973]

Daggett wants suffering, listen to him

[@ronbelanger4113]

ESL student?

[@Sound22001]

@@robfarrell9104here comes a MAGA TROLL again!! We are not going back!!! 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@GlendaOdom-1960]

I SUPPORT UNIONS

[@freda2758]

I always have and always will!

[@daveharvey5764]

I support workers.

[@WinstonSmith24]

What about non-union workers, who work three times as hard for 1/3rd of the pay, and do equally as good of a job, if not better?

[@K.L.M.Online]

@WinstonSmith24 I’ve worked in non-union shops - places that remove the safety equipment to increase production. I’ve seen children injured on the job. This isn’t what I want for anyone. Unions help everyone.

[@DuaneHallinSD]

@@WinstonSmith24 Wth are you talking about Winston. You dont know their lives troll.

[@ronkirk5099]

I support labor and unions, but I just hope the corporations operating our ports settle with the dock workers so they get a fair deal. It wouldn't surprise me if the corporations were to intentionally drag this out to cause a resurgence of supply chain disruption and inflation in an attempt to influence the election so TFG, who has pledged to cut corporate taxes again, gets elected. Let's face it, the oligarchs already have undue influence in our government and economy.

[@barbaraharderlutz]

So much for Reagan's trickle-down economy - as with the grocery chains, which are also just less than a handful of corporations with highly & excessively overpaid CEOs, the soaring profits never find their way to the workers who are the backbone of these companies. For decades now CEOs have become unbelievably rich, without much threat of actually paying taxes on their staggering salaries and bonuses, while their employees can no longer afford life and living. Besides that, now corporations are also buying up housing like mad - time to elect leaders who are working for the people, not the billionaire CEOs and corporations. And in America that is definitely the Harris/ Walz team.

[@armandhammer2235]

Reagan stopped the Airport strikes.

[@pegasus5287]

Do you really believe she will raise taxes on her friend oprah, please

[@kenmurray4005]

@@pegasus5287Yes. Even Bill Gates says billionaires like himself should be taxed much more than they are.

[@kenmurray4005]

@@armandhammer2235Reagan was always on the side of the rich business owners.

[@armandhammer2235]

@@kenmurray4005 Reagan believed in capitalism.

[@Construimus_Batuimus]

*LABOR* was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for ALL things. *It was **_not_** by gold or by silver, **_but by labor,_** that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.* *(ADAM SMITH)*

[@susanfromtexas4976]

The main issue is automation. That is where the dock owners and the dock workers are at an impass and is the most difficult to resolve.

[@MichaelCaraway-e1k]

Automation has been an issue with labor since the first auto plants opened. Innovation in labor saving devices has cost manual labor jobs for over a century. There is no good answer to it and will continue to be a pain in labor negotiations.

[@Coloradocorean]

It’s also “difficult” to resolve when DJT is your buddy and you wanna throw a wrench into the economy.

[@flea10x6]

@@MichaelCaraway-e1kI don’t know what kind of “automation” is possible/likely. This is why the economy will increasingly become a Knowldge and Service Economy. If you recall, there were calls for “re-education”/training for that part of the “new economy” - installation/maintenance of wind turbines/solar installation and the like. Longshoremen are not pure “brawn” to pick-up bags/cartons to walk off the ship. You see more of it with KZbin videos of Navy ships (esp carriers) being resupplied at sea.

[@freda2758]

​@@harley2die4Are you saying you would be fine with being replaced by automation? Jumping to another job, only to be replaced again, and again, and again? You're okay with that?

[@undertow2142]

They want to be able to fire them as soon as they’re able to as automation is implemented. If the owners could fire every employee and automate it all overnight they would be celebrating.

[@jimfromm3981]

Taxes should be structured to prevent anyone from becoming a billionaire. The greed of corporations and owners is insatiable, while workers' financial needs are finite and should be addressed as a legitimate cost of doing business. Workers do not owe anyone their right to pursue and secure happiness for themselves and their families. These bloated corporate owners don't build the ports, manage the navigation systems, or build the roads and infrastructure that support shipping. As a society, we need to respect each individual's role in commerce. That someone should become a billionaire, while another struggles to pay household bills while involved in the same industry is insane.

[@relentlessprofanity]

Becoming or remaining a billionaire.

[@arronsmith4958]

Oh the horrors of making the 1% look like the surf's at the 5th percentile... How could they manage?

[@kimhunter8395]

Studies of the psychology of billionaires find that most see getting money - way beyond their needs - becomes a game of numbers and they also start to believe that they are not required to obey laws because of their wealth. They atrt to believe they have some kind of divine authority to rule over people who do not have gobs of money. For the safety of everyone - tax them back to reality.

[@debrasomers3128]

I support unions. Pay them.

[@armandhammer2235]

Union workers don't do anything without Union leaders permission.

[@Lords1997]

Give those workers what they deserve! They’re rightfully worried about their future, not just their present. A wage increase isn’t enough, they need concrete support!!!! Joe and Kamala should come out and walk the picket line if they truly care for workers!

[@XanderAU_Quokka_M.D]

Quick question, how much does the average dockworker get? I did a quick Google, known to be wrong more times then not, and in America the average dockworker gets paid $20.61/hour. Is this correct? It seems really low. I am Australian, our men a women dock workers get paid $33.68 / hour for inexperienced workers. It goes up to 35.68 for experienced workers. These aren't the bosses, these are the average lineman. Even with the USD to AUD, it means Australians get paid $3.00 / hour extra. Doesn't seem to be too much, but when you consider that for that 61k per year, we have free healthcare, the first $21,000 dollars is tax free, the next 13k is pro rata'd then the next 28k is the full tax rate of around 0.35c/dollar. They get a minimum of 4 weeks a year holiday (accumulative, so if you don't take them you get 8 weeks the following year), 8 days a year sick leave (accumulative, meaning if you aren't sick in a year, next year you have 16 days sick leave), lower cost of living, maternity leave, paternity leave, bereavement leave etc., This does not include around 11.5% of the workers pay, paid out to the employee's superannuation that the employer pays. Seems to me like your workers are well deserving of a pay rise. This also does not include overtime pay. Overtime pay, depending on what was negotiated, starts off at time and a half. So that $33.00 becomes $50.00, and that is for the first 4 hours. After that it can go as high as double time and a half. That's $82.50/hour. The tax man takes a big chunk of that, but come tax time a lot of it comes right back to you. Each pay gets calculated as if you got that weeks pay for the rest of the year, but you don't get paid that every week. So the tax man then gives most of it back to you. Again that is with free health care, for the worker and their family. Oh and I almost forgot, if you work there for 10-12 years, you are entitled to what is called 'long service leave'. What long service leave is, as a quick example and depending on the state; employees are entitled to take 8.6667 weeks of paid long service leave after a period of 10 years' continuous service. Each year that it is not taken, that figure goes up. If you work in a business for 15 years then decide to leave, you will get, on top of any holiday leave you are entitled to; around 16 weeks paid long service leave. That is right, all holiday and long service leave not taken when you leave, you must have paid out at the current hourly rate with full entitlements. How can one of the richest nations on earth, pay so little to so many for doing so much? Then justify that by spending trillions on their military. I don't get it. So someone please clarify, as I must be wrong. So to the dockworkers of America, please know whilst we cannot physically stand with you, Australians are standing with you. Do not cave in, you deserve much better.

[@lisabetter1683]

Australia certainly has it's benefits, but the snake's and spiders and crocodiles kind of make it almost like danger pay. But then again you got the Hemsworth brothers and Hugh Jackman, if I need to be worried about rogue kangaroos or cassowaries and magpies just to get scenery like the men in your country, it seems worth it to me. And you get free healthcare should a feral koala decide to attack. So ok you sold me, where do I sign up? I'm off to get my passport.

[@FauxQue-yk8dt]

Dockworkers make a fraction of what longshoremen make. Best go back to google and search for average longshoremen pay. Pay attention to the figure for the ones who have been on the job for a while and draw the overtime. Now we're up into the 200 to 400k range. They are demanding a 77% pay increase and a guarantee that their jobs won't be automated.

[@TheLawrenceReport-v8m]

Wow I hope the aboriginal people willoget back some of the land stolen from them. That would be so cool

[@relentlessprofanity]

Americans prefer to live with a boot on their neck.

[@XanderAU_Quokka_M.D]

@@relentlessprofanity I hope that isn't true, although I see your point. I hope it has more to do with conditioned behaviour, people don't know how good it can be or what they should expect because it has been a certain way for so long. I used to be like that. But no more, I strive to tell my boys that they are worth more, provided they work hard and are fair. I don't like seeing people having to accept something that they are given, just because it seems better. As was brought up in these comments, people have always tried to get ahead by taking more then they deserve. It is about time that those that are the richest, start paying their workers what they deserve. If they pay this much in Australia, why not have the same pay in America? Afterall America is a much richer country with far more people. Sorry for the rant, thank you for you comment. Cheers and have a good day.

[@Happy_Broom]

Couldn't wait a few weeks? Thanks guys..... tank the economy and help get Drowsy Don the Bigly Dump elected. Pooptin will be happy.

[@chewyjello1]

I know. I'm 100% with unions but common...the timing here is atrocious. Makes me wonder who might be pulling the strings behind the scenes on this one. 😒

[@joshuasander447]

Why are private companies in charge of the ports? Why is the government not in charge of the ports? Doesn't make sense to me. From a National Security standpoint in my eyes, the Government should be in charge of all of U.S. ports! I know there is a lot of underlying issues that goes into it that I don't know about that will go against my view, just stating the most obvious of why the ports should be Governmentally controlled.

[@Mr.White10-65]

They are and they aren't. I could speak on the ports by me in NJ and NY. The actual port is managed by the NJ/NY Port Authority, but the actual operations are privately owned.

[@joshuasander447]

@@Mr.White10-65 I see, thank you!

[@judewarner1536]

After WW2, the British government made the decision to nationalise strategic infrastructure. Both as a result of war damage AND the preferred disposition of profits to shareholders as dividends in the PRE-WAR period; the critical infrastructure of Britain was in a terrible state. By the 1980s the infrastructure was sufficiently robust for a Conservative government to use the reason of "the efficiencies and savings of private enterprise" to persuade Parliament to privatise one segment of infrastructure after another: water, gas and electricity utilities; road and rail transport, etc, etc. The prices of all these services have increased well above the rate of inflation: profits, dividends and executive salaries have gone through the roof while the infrastructure has deteriorated due to lack of investment. Prices of everything are above European averages, while service has deteriorated in delivery and performance due to cost-cutting. Accidents due to cost-cutting and deteriorating infrastructure have cost multiple lives in numerous avoidable incidents. This is the reality of privatised infrastructure, as opposed to one operated by the people for the people. America has had its own share of avoidable RAIL accidents, BRIDGE collapses, etc in the last couple of years alone. Nothing to do with the Administration and everything to do with 50 years of corporate profits and cost-cutting.

[@mistercohaagen]

77% wage increase over the next 7 years, -22.4% inflation over that same 7 years means 54.6%. That's nothing, especially when profits were up 800% starting 5 years ago. Give it to them, it's not even enough to cover shrinkflation and corporate price gouging.

[@jrsoul01]

PAY THE WORKERS! Full stop!

[@irenafarm]

I am a simple human. I see Secretary Pete, I click.

[@sunnyboknow]

Pay the workers. In my years, I’ve never heard dock workers complain. Pay them what they’re worth

[@paulabraham9980]

That's how you know govt. cares. Siding with the people against corporations, not even considering the economic impact that might turn the people to vote against them. Not trying to cover up.

[@elainemunro4621]

Why are ports privately held in the first place?

[@doriangrey9702]

We need to settle it fast and get through this crisis. Then take control of the ports with government employees to prevent this happening again. Shame on these pos for adding additional hardship to American citizens. Especially those suffering from the hurricane disaster.

[@rumblebudgie2085]

Fun fact: American made products don't get stuck on cargo ships.

[@Drvectorz]

Sure but Americans like to get paid and go on strike. Leading to nothing getting built. Boomers complain the young generation is lazy and entitled. So who will work these jobs?

[@rebeccajordan4491]

But their raw materials do. I work in US manufacturing, and we have raw materials stuck on cargo ships. The whole supply chain is affected, regardless of where the finished goods are produced.

[@markwalker6673]

i think some are exported

[@GenghisWanghis]

My new maga hat and gold Trump watch is gonna be stuck in China for who knows how long. I'm supposed to vote soon. This is election interference

[@melissabruhn1429]

Greed by port consortium owners is out of control. And Isolationism has never helped any country economically or politically in the long run.

[@TheSurfheart]

Trump would side with the corporations

[@ear7748]

The union president is trumps buddy I think that he asked him to do this in order to cause inflation and chaos for product and sway voters in the east coast? Guaranteed trump will be mentioning this at his rally and blaming Kamala you just watch it’s too obvious knowing what we’ve seen trump do in the past

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

Hey there Teamsters, still not supporting this president and his administration? VP Kamala Harris is just as supportive. As a onetime teamster lead man that got a contract my business reps would not even try to get for our members (and which I was run off the job because of) I can tell you that the democrats are better and serious about positive labor benefits, stop hedging and support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

[@armandhammer2235]

The majority of the Teamsters members support Trump.

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

@@armandhammer2235 Yes, I heard that, but I know that he does not support them. If you do not learn from history, your doomed to repeat it. I went to my company contract meeting and all of them were suffering from an acute hangover, that meant that they all had been out clubbing together and suggested the rumor (that our business agents were in bed with our company management were true) and so when the new anti union hires voted to accept a nothing contract with wage freezes and no benefits, I in turn told the hangover gang that rank and file voted to strike instead, they folded like a house of cards and gave us everything we had asked for plus dental, they forced me out eventually but I smile to this day! I was a good member but I learned to fight on my own because each of us has to fight whenever the chance arises and we have the opportunity and that is what we're facing now!

[@ScottFletcher-r3x]

If its costing us billions a week why doesn’t government require a raise or give it itself its pennies on the dollar. They deserve what they are asking for.

[@marcypeterson4245]

Mayor Pete, Gets Things Done! I would have loved to seen him on a Democratic ticket for presidency. Someday...

[@JD-ej8zm]

Tell us about FEMA running out of money and why???? Tell us about why the bipartisan border bill failed?? America last under democratic lunacy!

[@LizA-ry4nb]

WOW a deal reached before I could even finish watching this video. It was definitely informative and clearly the owners knew they could pay more.

[@reginafris6822]

Glad for this objective, fact filled, clear headed overview by Pete Buttigieg of Hurricane Helene's aftermath, and its tie in with the dockworker strike. Thank you, Pete Buttigieg, for your consistently high level of communication and empathy.

[@imokyousuck]

Like most milk, Pete is homogenized

[@elaineisabelle427]

Voting blue 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@armandhammer2235]

We gotcha Elaine, you're voting for a color.😂

[@u2mister17]

@@armandhammer2235 The left even stole the color blue from the right.

[@lalutte65]

Buttgig, sharp as a tack as usual “This needs to get resolved”, absolutely brilliant

[@robertbecker6795]

I love Pete!!!!

[@roejogan7770]

Seems that many of us are chomping at the bit to tell gas and oil workers to learn new skills since their livelihood is “going away.” Same concept applies here.

[@Sarcasticron]

It's also about overtime, the fact that the profits are all going to the owners and not the people who worked hard to make those profits, and things like that. Watch Sal's latest video at What's Going On With Shipping if you want to understand more about what the workers are asking for. He has a thoughtful and nuanced view of the question of automation which I found compelling. He's always very thoughtful and knowledgeable.

[@raygingerich3053]

Relax everyone I have full confidence that Harris has the situation under control I mean it will be ok

[@ruarrow2843]

this comment gives big "tell me you don't know how the federal government works without telling me" vibes.

[@TheLawrenceReport-v8m]

Sounds like a 12 year old. I wouldn't kamala in charge of a garage sale

[@richardfinch3653]

She doesn’t know how to speak much less lead the country

[@aw8079]

Never before have I heard a president say what Biden said about the 6 owners of all these ports. Support labor. Support the strikers.

[@MightyMike565]

Trump is a poop stain on our Republic.

[@YukeyBoy-y8x]

You're a leech on it

[@themediaisnotyourfriend1124]

Seek help for your TDS

[@SomePerson-d3z]

You have such a refined vocabulary 😂😂😂😂😂

[@e.458]

​@@themediaisnotyourfriend1124You're still trying to make this term happen? You'd have more success with "fetch"!

[@mikebrigs1218]

What are you like... 14 years old????

[@sallymclain1600]

How can we help the unions?

[@elainemunro4621]

So msnbc, where are the interviews with the port owners? Who are they? What is their position on this? What about the 809% profit they made???,!!

[@sallyprzybil2404]

Pete…so did the nurses go to work every day during the pandemic..yet in most states nurses are not allowed to unionize…and Hospitals and other health care facilities are making billions off of dollars…nurses pay did not go up very far during Covid! In some cases not at all!

[@simonpaine2347]

Shady Vance said that the devastation is just a fact of life, oh wait, my bad, that was guns being the major cause of death for kids.

[@Johnfmckinnon420]

How dare those who are making CEO's and others rich(er) want more.

[@jamesbailey-mj8zh]

Trump and JDV are going to vote for the blue yes 💙 👍 Texas state 💙 and 💙 Ohio state 💙 Florida state 💙

[@rigil5477]

I cannot wait to see the media coverage. 😂😂😂

[@imokyousuck]

I thought Petey was still on maternity leave

[@elizabethsalamone9790]

Thank you to this channel.

[@wandagore8400]

That's what we get for sending all of our manufacturing production industry to foreign countries😢

[@periwinklemcfee7274]

IKR? Labor is cheap overseas, we should move our manufacturing there. nike, " good idea, Just Do It".

[@rigil5477]

We need to hear somekind of announcement from Johnson and Jeffries on the very next legislative package the House of Representatives will be voting on.

[@Missy-u8j]

Great info... Love Pete! 💙❤

[@Fckkamerica]

Rich people are so greedy 😂

[@annar6591]

Dock workers should go back to work and help Hurricane victims! They can also have meetings to talk.

[@novass8610]

Not to worry . She will fix everything on day one.

[@Leeott-u8n]

I’m more worried about Trump being a Dictator on day one.

[@BillBarr4President]

The big guy is just upset he’s not getting his 10 percent from the ports.

[@christopherhughes8402]

You still making up that old chestnut? SMH

[@YukeyBoy-y8x]

​@@christopherhughes8402you clowns been making up Deez Nuts for the last 8 years

[@SomePerson-d3z]

@@christopherhughes8402Robert L Peters needs his ten percent.

[@LT-em1vu]

100% right.Picture this guy sitting at the table trying to negotiate, sad

[@Coolidge2329]

Defund Ukraine

[@joec.9591]

It always comes down to greed. The more companies make the less they want to pass along to their workers. We need a "greed tax", apparently.

[@vllukens7265]

Owners need to settle this now and put people before profits.

[@mrfuzztone]

Pete is doing a good job. Good to have a smart guy that cares working on important problems to solve. As other people have written, the current economic system allows too much greed and income inequality.

[@rigil5477]

When it comes to federal benefits Johnson and Jeffries have just as much power as the president. Please be mindful of this during the legislative process.

[@timdykes6675]

Why are our ports privately owned?

[@rqrs2301]

Pay the people who actually do the work or do the work yourself

[@bluearrow7909]

They are afraid of automation because companies are not explaining it properly. The industry makes a lot of money. The owners and management make a lot of money. Why should the workers not ask for their fair share? Creed!?

[@lisarodarte6001]

The harbor is not for people, who want to free load around there. It is for fishermen and fishers, who want to make a living. Machines are not needed, but people are.

[@diannerenn4726]

I love Joe Biden!

[@danadavisyt]

We are working towards self sustainability. Not “just working just because”. In the future the idea “we are working because someone wants us to, not because we have to” will move to center. In the meantime, you will pay us.

[@freda2758]

When they automate your job, you can figure out how to support your family. "I'll just get another job!" That will be you, running from job to job, in support of automation. Just don't look for anyone to feel sorry for you when it happens.

[@sherryobar5750]

Wow! "For the LOVE of money is the root of all evil." Way to go greedy corporations. 🙏 workers 🙏 Go FEMA! Thanks to one and all of the workers helping out. Thanks guys!

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Among my ancestors an English cobbler in the days when the Swing riots and Luddites and so forth were going on. I get the workers' frustration, but also realize automation is always the future as it was then and is now. The SAG-AFTRA agreement included a bit about AI but that seems different from saying, "Hey, workforce, we are automating this portion of your work for efficiency and to protect you from bodily harm." Prayers for peace.

[@Eaglehaslanded-s7n]

If big companies did the right thing, unions wouldn't be so necessary.

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

Good job Joe!🎉😁👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@DianeRoper-sn2pe]

One individual with a helicopter indicated more helicopters were needed for mountain rescues. Anything being done about that?

[@edmar4429]

support the unions. tax the rich. Vote out republicans!

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Corporate greed is killing America.

[@Yvette...24FM]

democrat politicians are

[@variyasalo2581]

Thanks Secretary Pete!

[@BaldAndCurious]

Just heard President Biden. 1. I disagree port operations should STOP PROFITING. What would be their incentive to keep operations going? 2. From what i hear from other news sources, port workers aren't exactly getting poverty wages. 3. Also from other news sources, the head of the union is a pretty wealthy person himself. I know, not fair. But the optics is he's profiting from union negotiations. 4. My last point. I believe greed can exist on both sides of the negotiation table.

[@kenburnmy]

Let me guess, the Republicans are going to blame the democrats for this strike.

[@KaanapaliChrissy]

Hello jump in and save Hurricane Helene victims now do something now please

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Even if the dock owners disperse 400% of their profits to the workers they still have a 400% gain. It’s obscene, unethical and immoral how greedy and stingy they are. If Trump gets back in office he will side with his corporate buddies and suggest that the workers be fired and the unions busted up! 🗳💙🇺🇸🗽🌈💜🎶💝🕊

[@FauxQue-yk8dt]

Of course as President he can force the picketers back to work while the negotiations are ongoing. The act giving him the authority is called the "Taft-Hartley Act"

[@andrewferrauiolo4618]

Pete needs to be president!

[@wandagore8400]

No matter what individuals say, the majority of Congress will not resend the international trade act which allows corporations to create this mess😮😮

[@andrewferrauiolo4618]

@@wandagore8400 I don't think it will be totally fixed, but the workers will get what they are asking for

[@Vness-yt4nm]

Of what. The thing couldn't get pot holes fixed as mayor. This thing is a DEI hire that's clearly not qualified 🙄

[@andrewferrauiolo4618]

@@Vness-yt4nm That thing? Really? Are you a "thing"? Pete is the smartest person in the room! He has served his country! He has earned everything he has ever had. Maybe religion should be removed from qualifications!

[@branevans3705]

Biden is very knowledgeable. It's not going to be easy to fill his shoes. This is where being a bit older and wiser comes in handy. I'm all for young and forward-thinking people to be in politics; however, there's not replacement for experience and savvy.

[@komputnik]

They made 400 billion gains. This is the amount the shipping industry made from 1957 to 2020 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddddd

[@armandhammer2235]

The pharmaceutical industry made that in 3 years.

[@javan6982]

Buttigieg is doing the work to help the workers and the economy, very pro-business, not pro-billionaire.... thank you, sir!!!

[@wandagore8400]

It is totally pathetic that the greatest nation in the world depends on International production and Industry for our supplies😢 disgraceful that our government has done this to our economy😮

[@judewarner1536]

It wasn't the government that exported American industry, jobs and knowhow abroad; it was the rich corporations in pursuit of ever greater riches. Unbelievable ignorance.

[@Terrestrial..1]

One employee there said "we were offered a 50% hourly wage increase but it's still not enough".

[@judewarner1536]

That is a total misrepresentation of the reality of 50% over 7 YEARS. That employee misspoke from a dearth of education; assuming that the quote is even true!

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

What fire dangers might be caused by restoring electricity to so many severely damaged structures where firetrucks still don't have access &/or there's no cell coverage for victims to call fire depts?