Union boss sends dire message about port strike: 'Everything comes on a ship'

[@macklandtube]

This is just one reason why we need to make our own stuff here and not just importing

[@RonBoerste]

@@macklandtube thank a Democrat for that 😎👍🍻

[@ChaoticTechnician]

😂​@@RonBoerste

[@jortega61924]

We make our own. We want better wages this higher prices.

[@joehernandez8208]

@@jortega61924mom still paying your way? Fool

[@frotobaggins7169]

A grand display of putting all your eggs in one basket. A small group of people can hold everyone hostage for whatever they want.

[@ActionTeamJoe]

Thats why we need: Made in the USA

[@Dwade689]

Cancel culture would step in and scream racism

[@bryangedbaw5816]

This is why government officials need to distance themselves from labor unions.

[@michaelmooney6701]

Keep on pledging allegiance to that occultic lie of a flag

[@kristybarker924]

Agreed

[@jimmer872]

@@michaelmooney6701 you don`t respect our flag?? Get out!

[@jerrypeal653]

The danger of zero manufacturing in the U.S. .

[@beckyc.2401]

Agree 100% My husband & I were just saying the same thing!

[@valerie11112]

Build the robots

[@carolyncrider8217]

Exactly

[@Shredtires]

The dangers of not paying people what they are worth. When you make everything robots, you replace people. What's the end outcome. A cheaper labor for people who no longer have money to buy stuff. Does anyone see the non paranoid reality of it.

[@clintonm2357]

I was going to say the same thing. Lumber, steel, cars, clothes? Why are these things made in China and not the US?!

[@davidhynes]

Whitehouse has been MIA for almost 4 years now.

[@DefensisIndus]

Flashback to the spy balloon 😂

[@trevaherman4986]

Exactly another failure from the Biden/ Harris Adminstraction!!! We can thank them for this also!! What the heck this is our livey hood people!!! While they are eating lobster & steak! Just think about that!! Wake up America!!!!

[@junglerains5]

@@DefensisIndus Harris, Walz, Biden administration all support the takeover. of the United States from China. We have gutless members of Congress. Biden dismantled our agency charged with overseeing the spying from China.

[@appleandre2735]

@@DefensisIndusI can’t believe they let that happen

[@expletivedeleted]

Um...you mean since Thomas Jefferson...

[@hckykd39]

Made in America has literally never been so important

[@peachBloom]

Manufacture in the USA by American citizens, not border invaders!

[@Rose-db5dg]

We also export as well. People forget that one.

[@mrs.americanmade7452]

MEDICINE IS NOT MADE IN USA

[@edies8440]

Unfortunately, so much is no longer made in America, it's been outsourced.

[@kokkool6464]

How about stop being a warmonger country

[@jonathanbennett7951]

This should be a lesson to why we need to bring manufacturing and farming back to the US.

[@CountryAndProud]

Bill gates has bought up tons of farm land to force people to stop farming it. Pushing for his world view of making people eat bugs and be happy about it.

[@strawdemindset]

You want to pay double the price for your goods? Farming is fine but look at everything in your house .. are you willing to pay double the price for them? With higher automation so less jobs

[@DDDD-of3hv]

should NEVER have left in the first place.... this is our OWN self inflicted problem.....

[@def-po8tu]

Also why we need more automation in the shipping industry.

[@Martin-mt3wz]

Yes without the unions.

[@loris3595]

No one in this administration is qualified to handle this.

[@Shemaleslackballs2009]

They created this mess.

[@michaelpetersen7806]

President Biden is the pro union guy. President Biden negotiation settled Railroad Strike earlier this year. GFY MAGAT

[@myeshiagreen6224]

All of that is a bunch of lies

[@DouglasFrinkle]

@@myeshiagreen6224prove it❗️

[@Coyotegal92]

​@@DouglasFrinkleit's being proved in real time

[@rjwontheloose9037]

Stop importing ...BUILD BABY BUILD......

[@michaelmooney6701]

Who's gonna do the building, we are overpopulated with weak faggots here

[@brettspearman3706]

Ports export domestic goods also and import materials used to produce those goods.

[@michaelmooney6701]

@brettspearman3706 what are we exporting, Q tips and solo cups

[@CivilianArms2A]

@@michaelmooney6701💀😂😂

[@brettspearman3706]

@@michaelmooney6701 something , I just delivered 10k feet of loaded train to my port last night. Now when that gets unloaded is another thing

[@eldandonsmith5372]

This is a good reason to Not buy a bunch of cheap Chinese junk for Christmas presents.

[@kimjongun8731]

Biden only worried about will my ice cream still be delivered?

[@TonyDeeTiger-en1lh]

Lol 😂

[@changly3582]

Cheap China junk but u using it 😂😅 u know why all stuff come from China is because us want to much tax and money if business is make in America the company can't make money u don't understand

[@TraceguyRune]

Where do you think phones, computers and laptops come from? China makes the all of it and all the circuitry in them.

[@cwaite1988]

Items manufactured in the US cost approximately 140% more. If inflation and bidenomics is affecting people's pockets already, how will they pay 140% more for all US goods, even if they wanted to?

[@neiljohnsen276]

This is what we get for closing manufacturing in the U.S.!

[@dennis3351]

I never forgot one day I heard Bill Clinton I think it was 1999 utter ''Off shoring our manufacturing to China will be a ''win win'' for America. These are the baboons we have as leaders elected.

[@Jeffery-mk4fg]

Nafta

[@captcyco]

Yup, thanks Trump

[@stormcrow7698]

​@@captcycoTrump was bringing it back to the USA.

[@NomenClature-o8s]

@@captcycoShow how dumb you are.

[@Law19157]

The Union boss makes a great argument for why the ports should be automated. What people in the comments fail to understand is that Made in the USA does not solve a problem like this as unions in U.S. manufacturing can also hold the U.S. economy hostage. Its Unions who drove US manufacturing overseas in the first place, that's why there's so many empty manufacturing buildings in Detroit.

[@WildAdventurer78]

Yes, he does. He makes a very good explanation of why automation might be the key but then again the person that owns the company that runs the automation. One man can then Hold the country hostage so either way somebody’s gonna hold the country hostage

[@Tedthib]

@@Law19157 absolutely! Automate the entire process. This whole deal will turn the entire country against the port industry

[@junglerains5]

You are correct. Unions are the problem. The union boss ought to take his million dollar salary and spread it around. Because they want more money, our products cost more. Who speaks for the little guy who's not in a union/

[@beezneez2056]

Exactly. This feels like extortion

[@expletivedeleted]

Total BS propaganda. Corporate greed and evil US Government did it. Outlaw imports. Solved in 5 seconds. Better yet, outlaw Corporations.

[@fasteddy3425]

This is the reason their gonna automate everything, bubble head's, keep voting democrat, you'll all be out of jobs.

[@FehtalaTee]

Their automating to SAVE THEM money. Companies don't care about the 99% or YOU. Automation needs to be limited and not abused.

[@bobbyjunior3580]

Bring in the robots and we won't have to worry about these strikes because these worker's want to be greedy. You must be on some type of drug to ask for ab75% increase.

[@CountryAndProud]

​@@bobbyjunior3580companies are profiting billions and you call the workers greedy? You probably think CEOs are the most generous kind people ever.

[@Lake-ec4vi]

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[@Lake-ec4vi]

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[@jeffcasper5844]

Interested to see how they try to make this Trumps fault...

[@JohnLucas-g6b]

You know it be someone else's fault. The victim mentality.

[@antonmonza]

u are right !!

[@kerri3811]

The ILWU endorsed Kamala

[@rickpicone9751]

@@kerri3811 So did the IRS, what does that tell you.

[@anng.4542]

​@@kerri3811 What do they expect Kamala to do for them?

[@James-oo7bv]

They can stay on strike. There are plenty of people who are currently out of work and would love a job!

[@Blue-Falcon101]

Right I could use 100k a year haha

[@issaclambert5309]

Everyone take time to thank our greedy senators and congress people who have sold this country to other countries for their bank accounts. They put us here.

[@walter857]

Don't blame me, I voted Perot.

[@texasinkedgrandma5366]

⭐️

[@texasinkedgrandma5366]

People have to run automation. Don’t really know what a politician can produce except this calamity and chaos

[@DDDD-of3hv]

BOTH sides are in on it..... NOT just one....

[@tonyedward6909]

Free America from AIPAC!

[@TheMerks1]

Union boss makes over 750k a tear owns a yacht and a Bentley! The proposed increase in wages would make him a multimillionaire. So who is he really fighting for?

[@SgtJoeSmith]

his own corporate greed!

[@FlowKio]

He works with international criminal organizations to ship millions of dollars of stolen goods

[@whocares1739]

@@SgtJoeSmithThis is no different than any other corporate CEOs. Except for the fact that he actively does a job and fights for his workers. Where CEOs pad their pockets off the backs of people like you and me doing all the work while they play golf. And they certainly are not going to bat for an increase in pay for their workers. He maybe rich but he’s still blue collar and he did pay his dues. There is a difference!!

[@thseaqueen2938]

gold chain on his neck told me everything i needed to know, greedy af

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@whocares1739 ceos create the jobs and pay you. Union ceos just leach off your labor and take a cut of your check. That's the difference.

[@chrisanddeinnasadventures7857]

This is another reason we need to make things in the USA

[@WhatsupPattaya]

Regulations, Lawsuits, Workers Comp, Costs to make products, Strikes, Certain Raw Goods come from certain source countries...... There's many reasons why companies get products made overseas. Thank the American Workers, Unions and Politicians for making all kinds of regulations and creating all kinds of inefficiencies.

[@lamontpearce170]

The capitalist aren't going to bring those jobs back. Would you pay 10k for a TV?

[@patpozzuto4809]

For the first time in my life I'm 1000% against Union Strike, ILA boss Harold Daggett is a sleazebag!

[@Trash_Panda6219]

For what? Demanding fair wages ? You should fight to unionize what you do…. What do you do?

[@ethereal369]

"Demanding fair wages"? These people make 100k to 200k average without any education/degrees. They don't have to repay educational loan payments. And they're demanding a 77% pay increase! SEVENTY SEVEN PERCENT. They've already turned down an offer for a 50% increase in pay. Very few, if any other blue-collar jobs pay that much!! And no job anywhere on the planet gives pay increases that high. These people realized the power they have so with their front man Dagget leading the charge, they decided to grab American consumers by the balls and make outrageous demands. Because it's us, the consumers that will end up paying for their raises, not the companies. No way are they shaving this off the shareholders' profits.

[@DanielRicany]

@@ethereal369yeah because they have a union job hello? Why would you go to college when you could get a union job? Don’t complain about your wages not going up so theirs can’t. Just go and do their job.

[@juliebommelman7335]

@@ethereal369 union strong. Proud of the longshoreman union standing up for themselves.

[@killerkett]

cry more

[@sherimartin523]

Don’t forget what it will do to the trucking industry

[@dwjoseph59]

Indeed

[@ponyboy481]

Won't hurt me my loads are all made in the US

[@arturogarcia9946]

No jobs so I think we need tint city free rent I know this was going to happen so I'm not paying rent no more to stressful paying something that is not worth it 😁🤗go green 💚 go solar stop paying rent

[@denisdementyev7220]

It will only help us in a long run. It might ruin local delivery trucks who have day cab but us, real truckers, OTR truckers are going to be needed to deliver stuff from one cost to other when normally it would have happened by huge ships 🚢. Day cab drivers who survive will also be benefited after those ports open up because only few trucks will be left because we pay every month for insurance CA/NY about $2000-$3000 a month (plus any maintenance and parking fees) and rest of the states rates are lower. So here might come another Covid 🫣😬

[@DanielRicany]

@@ponyboy481yes it will, the affected truckers will offer to take YOUR loads for less than you do

[@tblack8733]

69$ hourly for a 40 hour work week is close to 150k yearly, and at 69 hourly their begging for OT, at time and a half 103.50 hourly....Greed!!

[@padsa1-s6g]

They were making 160K a year in 2019 already. They want 280k a year. Go search for WATERFRONT COMMISSION OF NEW YORK HARBOR ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2020 Page 25 of the report

[@KevinClark-i8g]

Why don’t you work it then

[@JeepLife92]

@@KevinClark-i8g nice cop out. You have no argument so you try and flip it like most people who aren't making even 90k wouldn't jump to take these high paying jobs over making 40k a year. You're a joke.

[@JeepLife92]

@@KevinClark-i8g and you needed to edit a 6 word comment lmao bro

[@KevinClark-i8g]

@@JeepLife92 cry more

[@edhombre]

That’s why we need to produce those things here and not import them

[@blessedbutterflygirl6279]

North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida citizens are suffering from the devasation of Helene. Some families still desperately searching for missing moms, dads, kids, pets. Hearts broken and communities in ruins. Yet, despite this, you want to strike and delay the very products that could help these decimated areas. Why now? Why couldn’t this wait until all the missing souls from Hurricane Helene are found and laid to rest? The inhumanity of this timing is what angers me the most.

[@debblooth3490]

I whole hardheartedly agree with you ,what a bunch of selfish A__HOLES !!!

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

The inhumanity is from the business owners.They’re exploiting these laborers,working them work too many hours(some work 100 hours a week) and worse of all haven’t agreed to no automation in the future.I’m 100% with the longshoremen

[@MollyLucyMaryJ]

​@@rouskeycarpel1436they make 6 figures. No one is being exploited lmao.

[@southerncatlady6680]

I 100%agree that The Unions timing of this is unconscionable when we just suffered a Category 4 Hurricane Helene in the Southeast! Shame on Unions! You are trying to crush the US Economy!​@@rouskeycarpel1436

[@hudsonaable]

This administration could not lead a horse to water

[@Andrew-r1i2k]

Or teach a fish to swim

[@hudsonaable]

@@Andrew-r1i2k right

[@kcain24]

Facts they are legit ignoring it smh

[@mikefrancis8223]

You can lead a leftist to water but you can’t make them drink !!!!

[@kdcustoms1272]

They would convince it it's a sheep.

[@janmyers2715]

How could they do this when our country is in such a vulnerable state?

[@myeshiagreen6224]

You do what you have to do to in certain situations

[@casketdriver1]

They are greedy and don't care

[@Martin_Priesthood]

Best time to negotiate you have an upper hand 😢

[@SnapWrench3s]

Cause those workers are worried about their own families, and not other Americans families that possibly need their medical stuff from them containers etc.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

greed!

[@toddcote5493]

Nothing" made in the USA "comes on a ship........

[@janjISMYname]

Nothing made in the USA anymore, that's the problem.

[@kirkstickney7394]

Unfortunately that is not true. A lot of things that are “made in the USA” are made from materials that come to the USA via ships. It is very cheap to send things via ships. Look at anything made from steel…. Lots of the steel come from other countries. Look at anything that is “made in the USA” and see if it comes from native materials or not…

[@janjISMYname]

That is the problem, not much ma de in the u sa anymore!

[@HopeNeff]

Made in the USA means every part of that product is made here. Assembled in the USA is what you're speaking of...​@@kirkstickney7394

[@ryuoki1]

@@kirkstickney7394 Although I agree with what you said, but we should be making many of our own things again. IF war breaks out with China or they stop sending materials produced (and there is a whole other issue with their cheap manufacturing), what then? We should be making most of our own products domestically. Mining most of our materials. Only the more exotic things come from other countries, like EV battery cobalt..... we should have been more involved with acquiring these things, instead China has about 80% of the cobalt mines world wide.

[@GreenFurnNW]

Want to hold the county hostage at all the ports? Then fire them all and get new hands to get to work.

[@robertsilvermyst7325]

This 'boss' seems to have forgotten that history is a really good teacher on where things tend to go. The fact he is doing this strike now means his contracts are close to done. Strikes generally spark a fire under the employers to move towards replacing workers with technology and automation. Those dock workers make more than 70% of the US population. Yes, dock workers are important. But that doesn't mean they can't be replaced. McDonalds replaced the bulk of their staff with kiosks and cut the hours of workers by half. The UAW is responsible for the GM company in Ohio shutting down, causing thousands to lose their jobs. This 'boss' needs a reality check. The dock work might be important, but so too were rail workers, phone operators who connected the physical lines for calls, and many other jobs that were eventually replaced by technology and automation. And strikes like this incentivize companies to seek more automation.

[@liquid_butter]

If you know a dock worker and they need a service, deny it or increase THEIR bill 77%.

[@myeshiagreen6224]

That is not true

[@andyc8704]

​@@liquid_butter is it dock workers going on strike or unions forcing dock workers to go on strike?

[@gamingwithmatt3598]

​@liquid_butter that's exactly what I thought.

[@bookofleaves1433]

​@@andyc8704 it's the promise of that money...this guy is playing tough to say he played tough. Eventually though, I'm sure even the dock workers and their families will begin to feel the effects of their decisions like the rest of us, especially without full pay during a strike. Change is inevitable.

[@Tedthib]

This port worker Union boss threatening and using blackmail should be guilty of treason. Did he just threaten to put us working people out of business? Unions have to go this is ridiculous

[@mariasperdini2997]

They just learned how to play kamalas game

[@danthomas3112]

Exactly, I said he is a mob boss guy is 💩

[@Desh727]

Bro are you an idiot? Lmfao

[@MaggieReeves-up8pp]

Your opinion is your wording and that doesn't even have one iota of understanding of the power of a union. lose your job, go on gov assistance and watch the coming up next episiode of the depression that caused Americas collapsed 2024.

[@FlawedNicely]

You can’t seriously think that’s the point they’re trying to make lol

[@Warning55.]

Sounds like extortion to me.

[@thetangieman3426]

Sounds more like the Biden-Harris administration's economic policies devalued the dollar.

[@haroldmcelwain1604]

This makes the case for automation. Machines don't go on strike. When people are truly struggling to make ends meet (Bidenomics), it's very hard to be sympathetic to people making six figures already!

[@johnf817]

How much money do these workers make anyway? $60 an hour? And they want a $5 dollar raise every single year plus an immediate 70% increase? That is the best case for automation I've heard

[@Semper_]

​@@johnf817West Coast Longshore Men make $60 an hour. East n' Gulf Coast Longshore Men make $38 an hour, which is still more than enough.

[@johnf817]

@@Semper_ i was just guessing but if the starting wage is $38 then they are definitely making $50+ after 10 years plus their insane pensions too

[@lauraconner2091]

I can't listen to someone who makes almost $300,000 a year, tell me how they need a raise. Sorry not sorry. Live within your means.

[@bane3991]

The lowest paid position there is 80k. That's double what i make. People always want more. They'll get the 120k they asked for. Next year, they'll be asking for 130k. It will never end.

[@KennyMac79]

The union president made a million

[@DevSwe]

Who makes $300,000 a year? I’m a longshoreman with 20 years and I don’t make close to that. I love how people form opinions and know zero facts

[@alexandrafogelman9854]

It's still very selfish, especially after hurricane Helene did such damage, and we don't even have anyone competent running the present regime in the Government. 35 days away from Nov. 5. I believe this is the radical left Democrat agenda. So sad

[@shirleyware7333]

Put people in there that want to work and care, they were give a 55% and it was the good enough, to much greed in this world, they've fxxxed the world for their greed....thanks alot NOT!!!

[@bobbywalls1398]

These people are monsters, during a national disaster and with the economy failing, everybody needs more money. But these people are holding the country hostage

[@terrylandess6072]

With a million more mouths to feed does something stink?

[@davidmcdaniel5929]

Worse.. they're psychos

[@goodfella3381]

@@bobbywalls1398 has nothing to do with us!!!!! Our Government should be on the front line helping Folks in NC MY HEART GOES OUT TO FAMILIES AFFECT!!! But the fact our Strike is media driven you’re being manipulated by the media!!!! 😂😂😂😂 Wake the hell up

[@bobbywalls1398]

@@goodfella3381 yes it has everything to do with us , without those ships being able to offload then nobody has the materials or food to help the people affected by the storm, try putting yourself in the shoes of those affected by the hurricane would want to in that situation where you need help but can’t get it because some people want to hold the country hostage because they want an enormous pay raise and are taking advantage of the situation to get it, it’s totally immoral and they should be charged as criminals

[@bobbywalls1398]

Essentially they are trying to take money out of everyone’s pockets, so they are actually robbing everyone in this country

[@TheMrfronek]

They make it seem like they have the upper hand. Fire them, replace them! Plenty of people would love the money that they’re continuing to turn down.

[@JosehRuffin]

Who is going to train them?😂😂😂

[@MollyLucyMaryJ]

​@@JosehRuffinto play oversized legos? Your moving big boxes bud not going to the moon calm yourself.

[@JosehRuffin]

@MollyLucyMaryJ We will see how important these men are if the strike last longer than 21 days. Stop taking the lowest people in our society for granted. They do more than just play with Legos, they keep the world moving.

[@TheMrfronek]

@@MollyLucyMaryJ 🤣😂

[@MollyLucyMaryJ]

@JosehRuffin these aren't the lowest people in society they make 6 figures. That's an extremely generous salary. The head guy makes 700k a year. Smd lowest people. Their millionaires.

[@drizztdourden5239]

Sorry to tell ya,I'm union & it is not worth the money I pay. Unions are just another cog in the machine.

[@terrylandess6072]

Yes. Many laws have been enacted since the original reasons for the creation of unions. But you can't keep greedy people down unless they are put down.

[@Jeffery-mk4fg]

I seen cannon mills textiles go under because the lazy workers wanted more more more Could not compete even after modernization. Went bankrupt.nafta didn't help

[@xxCodslayerson]

Tell that to the ups drivers making 45 dollars an hour 100k per year while the Amazon guys make less than half that. Amazon workers are waking up and unionized. Your capping. Probably in management

[@michaelreid6881]

​​@@xxCodslayersonAnd when Amazon prices go up, or Prime shipping is removed, all because of "the Union" demand to be paid professional level salaries for lightly-skilled labor, then more people will turn to Aliexpress and Temu. Amazon will then start cutting the biggest cost.....payroll. Who do you think will be the first to go? There are many other carriers that can handle the work load if Amazon had no drivers! Got to look past then next paycheck and understand how business works!

[@solafide9903]

You're crazy. If i'm gonna have to work on a sunday, you better pay me more.!!! And if i'm working over 16 hours , you're gonna pay me more.

[@chelseawatson12]

That guy seems proud to be a big part of ruining everyone’s lives.

[@duchijones1820]

That’s what happens when you depend on other countries

[@TraceguyRune]

Ironic you used a device made in china to post this comment.

[@CountryAndProud]

​@@TraceguyRunewhat other choice is there? Either use devices made in asian or don't use technology at all...

[@linoelr]

​@@TraceguyRune Most things are made in China, don't be a fool. We don't have any options.

[@strawdemindset]

You want to pay double the price for things?

[@kimberlymiller655]

Exactly

[@AlexandraS-m7c]

I’m all for workers getting paid fairly, but these guys are making 100k and they want a 77% pay increase. This is just flat out greed. Most people are barely getting by and can barely afford food. If inflation gets any worse, it’s going to break us.

[@jesterjake88]

It’s the most detrimental job for the survival of this country how much is that worth to you??

[@Alisonwarr87]

@@jesterjake88I think it’s worth a hell of a lot myself ❤

[@kath00925]

If you listen, it’s not about money !

[@marcricharsson]

you sound like a hater , you think staring at a screen all day or being in meetings deserves more ? is you stupid asf

[@daveriddlelin9327]

They just guaranteed automation will replace them all

[@peekaboo6622]

If the strikes impede Hurricane Helene rescue and recovery efforts, expect it to reflect in the election.

[@krazykozey2259]

Expect way worse. 6 ft of storm surge in my shop and 5ft in my house a few days ago. Before someone says you decided to live in Florida, know that No Name Storm 1993 was the last time my home had issues. Idalia got us also but the past year for the Gulf Coast of Florida has been something not on record. There's plenty of places on the East Coast that get hit that are way outside the coastal waters that get hit. Also, remember where the ports are. You need people living in these areas. I'm over hearing you decided to live there. Sure I'll go back to Ohio and China can ship to Cleveland.....🙄

[@JackDutch-b2n]

Kamala could torch the country herself, and half of the country would still vote for her.

[@krazykozey2259]

@@JackDutch-b2n that's because they are suckling at the forever survival teat..... Only when that is removed, people will become independent again or disappear.

[@OuttaasiteNdynomite]

China already does. China owns the ports ​@@krazykozey2259

[@Tbrew-zd6xb]

​@krazykozey2259 stop complaining and get over it already

[@JohnMcRobie-l3b]

Thank you Biden for giving the money to Ukraine

[@box420]

Greedy unions base pay is 80k and they can't live off that? I make barely 40k and live just fine. Sorry if you cant make the payment on your 3rd 80k truck.

[@michaelpetersen7806]

So you admit that "you live just fine " on $40 k and the Biden economy doing well! Awesome! Thanks for sharing!😂

[@googant.v5160]

It largely depends where you live, most places on the east coast 80k wouldn’t get you anything

[@johnadams8589]

@@michaelpetersen7806bum

[@elviscamacho2784]

you barely survive with 100k in nyc.

[@malikbrathwaite6741]

Call the unions greedy and not the corporation is nuts

[@raymondgutierrez4328]

This is the very reason we need to bring back manufacturing to the US!

[@Draclonis]

This guy should go to prison for threatening the safety and stability of the country.

[@VoidSurfer9]

You mean like how the banks threatened congress with martial law if they didn't get their bailout bill in 2008?

[@CRE-w3x]

Especially when so many are suffering from Helene.. trying to rebuild, losing all they own. Just ridiculous. Crimes against humanity! Fire their asses and give their job to someone else!

[@mommacrow3170]

@@Draclonis agreed 👍

[@PatriciaStrauss-z9d]

​@@terrynicoll5443AGREED!

[@southerncatlady6680]

​@@terrynicoll5443Exactly!

[@doloresnorton8566]

A good reason to produce our own supplies within the US

[@glennmandigo6069]

WHY WOULD PEOPLE STILL VOTE DEM?!?!?

[@tiffanyisaacson1407]

Right, especially after kamala Harris Only gave hurricane victims $750 dollars, you can't even buy groceries with that or a house or used car .

[@p.j.m.d.1948]

@@glennmandigo6069 ..Because you won’t have a country if you vote red. You’ll be living in TRUMPISTAN. You won’t have to worry about your rights. You won’t have any.

[@jamescharles1588]

So the workers are willing to let the country go to hell because they want better pay? News flash: they will also suffer the consequences.

[@Gnome7070]

Look up how unions were established in this country and after you watch a couple documentaries, you can shut up and support these guys

[@prodigalpriest]

Support greed? No, I don't think so.

[@jamescharles1588]

@@Gnome7070 I agree they should get more pay but you can’t let the country go to hell over it ! Just to hell with everyone else who has nothing to do with it? That’s fair to the rest of the country. Real patriots.

[@chrisyonkus7424]

Main thing is automated systems that will take their jobs eventually!! Just like self checkouts at stores😊

[@andrebatris8853]

Gotta love this guy openly bragging about holding the American economy hostage because you have a labor dispute.

[@ImprovmanZero]

Extortion by another name

[@myeshiagreen6224]

🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂

[@Odie1970]

This is why we need to make everything in the USA, not assembled in the USA, MADE IN THE USA.

[@WhatsupPattaya]

I read these comments but I bet you don't have a clue how many different things are being imported and what can be made and what cannot be made here. You also probably don't listen to what Trump and Elon have been saying There's all this BS Regulation in the USA, People are quick to get hurt at work claim Workmans comp, Strike if they don't get a 12% per year pay raise. What do you make in the USA? You do realize we also export our trash to 3rd world countries like the Philippines and Indonesia.

[@WilliamLaverick-wo1nb]

Strikes will affect exports.

[@smm7540]

These long shoreman are about to be the most hated people in the country.

[@myeshiagreen6224]

We already know that that's life

[@SgtJoeSmith]

their greed is out of control! $40 to $50 an hour now? i had to buy $100k in tools, rent my own shop and pass out flyers a month for free every january to make that. cause i was lucky to get a $10 an hour job offer.

[@rubyxfinity8634]

Nah. No one remembers the backlog of ships off the California coast any more. The minute it's back to business as usual, people have short memories. What WILL happen, though, is people are going to feel it for the holidays, in a collapsing economy. And that is ALWAYS blamed on the incumbent, KAMALA HARRIS. If this strike continues past Thanksgiving, it's at least a YEAR of recovery time. And that means a lot of goods people want for their holiday festivities aren't going to be available, or will cost 2-3 times as much. Baking goods from Europe, foods, Christmas gifts... this is the union ENDORSING DONALD TRUMP without SAYING they're endorsing Donald Trump. Could even be the WORKERS vs. management, just like the Teamsters. While the dock workers union bosses endorsed Harris, THIS is the actual WORKERS arranging to RUIN the ECONOMY for Harris.

[@showmestatefinest5412]

​@myeshiagreen6224 eventually it will turn to violence

[@reneee3386]

​@@rubyxfinity8634my Union sent us a flyer to endorse KH Of course I called a women that got triggered when I told her they don't speak for this household this Bi-racial multi-cultural family supports DJT He actually cares about the American people instead of Sending money to Ukraine it's common sense the American people should always be first...

[@desolategrey]

That's why cars shouldn't come from overseas.

[@jasondaniels3802]

Walmart shoukd go bankrupt during this. They were the first ones to move manufacturing out of the US

[@ker5776]

Start hiring some new people right away. They were offered 50% more and that wasnt enough for them

[@captcyco]

Have you looked at their current wages or the contract? Or the record number the shipping companies are making and rewarding themselves with?

[@amaliacoria3063]

@@captcyco Why is that any difference than the average joe working for a business, we do a job, and they get the reward it's their company.

[@derrickjoe1872]

Something tells me their profits were more, and is it really 50% when inflation was over 10%? More inflation should equal immediate wage increases to compensate (trust me, companies don't feel inflation for a second, their prices increase immediately to cover it). And wages should then increase by the same percentage as profits do over a particular period, on top of inflation increases. No one should take a pay cut after dedicating time and loyalty to a company.

[@christiebetts-fi7qj]

Union “ MOB” boss

[@haltoupee6135]

I want a 77% pay increase too! Not gonna happen...

[@michellestewart6887]

Me too. And I'll some of that over time.

[@georgegiorgio]

It’s a negotiation strategy

[@matthewk9563]

Difference is, they have leverge

[@Randomlyrandomness]

Guess you and them aren't to Hungry are you😂😂 welcome to the real word yuppies

[@Streetwearizcommon]

Then join the union.

[@smaknjdapimp]

Take their jobs. Give them to people who need work. Not greedy people who don’t care how their actions hurt the rest of the country.

[@margiehankins-jerde6094]

Who didn't negotiate on this strike. Your leaders in the White House. Where are they? If it is hurting Americans it isn't the workers doing it. What they are doing is part of the freedom that Harris want to take from us.

[@randolphtucker1388]

Ok the billionaires would love to give the jobs to the imagrents at slave labour. Think will you.

[@richardsanchez2582]

I heard they striking cause they hear children in the containers not just money

[@eldandonsmith5372]

I'm prepped and with my low living standards of beans and rice, I'll certainly outlast these Steak and Lobster union guys and gals.

[@desireesalas5820]

Same here!

[@monicaramirez51015]

Same here 😊

[@eldandonsmith5372]

@@monicaramirez51015 Hello Monica. I bet you're a wiz with black beans and Spanish rice!

[@eldandonsmith5372]

@@desireesalas5820 Hi Desiree. I live for wraps!

[@bookofleaves1433]

Same!!!

[@thseaqueen2938]

The dude is sitting there complaining about not making enough, yet he's got a gold chain around his neck... It's politics and greed from both sides destroying this country.

[@Donkey_DOUGx]

Unbelievably greedy. A 77% raise is unprecedented. Let them all try to find a new job that pays anywhere near what they are currently making. I'd gladly take a job at the ports making what they're making now.

[@upbn2302]

That makes you a SCAB

[@TonySalas-yd3ff]

Why ? Our housing cost have went up more than that the past few years…. College tuition went up, price of used cars, food cost, fuel ect.

[@solafide9903]

They deserve that raise!!! It's hard work. They're not sitting behind a desk in a Air conditioned office all day.

[@simplycountry2762]

F unions

[@robletsdoit5886]

You’re the same guy begging for an application to get in the local,the same guy that like his boss with his whip out everyday and the guy that loves the CEO of the company he works for getting bonuses while he make minimum wage I’ve seen it a million times

[@kennv7566]

When the shortages begin with empty store shelves with the port strikes bad times are coming for Americans.

[@OuttaasiteNdynomite]

And the port owning CCP is having good time

[@johnf817]

And Jeff bezos will become even richer when Amazon is the only place with items in stock.

[@uniquelyspunwebb1569]

All by design. Sad but true.

[@flowerpower3618]

Oh well. Better than giving into obnoxious bullies.

[@UnseemlyGenie00]

I'm stocking up on toilet paper

[@Cary-p6g]

Making 150 grand a year??? No wonder prices are so high!

[@johnwalker3620]

These dock workers make a lot more money than a average citizen! I hope they sidestep these people and hire new workers! America doesn't need this kind of nonsense right now! There's thousands of people looking for work!

[@charmed2u2]

Back in the day Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers on strike. They were a union. He fired them all and replaced them. This is what has to happen with these greedy people. AI is here to stay. They are not going to stop it. I don't like AI but you can't stop it.

[@johnc3473]

This guy is a mob boss, we need to get rid of this guy.

[@rustyjohnson9558]

Even looks like a thugster with the gold chain on his neck. Calmly threatening to shut down all those other hard working people....a scene straight out of the Sopranos.....he is "Paulie"

[@lamontpearce170]

Don't you wish we had somebody with balls running our country? Instead of idiot A or idiot B ? Both sides of our government has sold WTP down the river.

[@WildWildWestTaurus1]

Why.. becuz his workers that move our nations supplies want fair wages..the Whitehouse knew this could come since July 2023.. do your research.

[@tommypuckett9441]

Vote red.

[@valevisa8429]

I vote blue.

[@tommypuckett9441]

@@valevisa8429 can I ask why you’re voting blue this time? I used to vote blue but this has been just a nightmare at every turn. I’m not asking what makes you anti trump im asking what makes you pro Kamala? I’m really not trying to argue I want opinions from both sides because I’m much more middle grounded usually

[@valevisa8429]

@@tommypuckett9441 I'm a registered independent and i vote for the lesser evil.Under Trump democracy is in danger,and for me is the most important thing.

[@tommypuckett9441]

@@valevisa8429 so is everyone voting for Kamala just voting out of well at least it’s not that guy?

[@crissynunyabznz]

@@valevisa8429 I wouldnt be bragging about that if i were you. Thats why we are in the position we are in.

[@donm3844]

This strike really shows why we need automation in American ports, American ports are not even in the top 50 in the world in efficiency, That's sad. When ports that are automated they can load and unload 15 to 1 compared to American ports, The cost of the raise they are asking for ,would update every single port with automated loading within 1 year ,This would help to get American ports up to speed with the rest of the world and shows how unions are really detrimental to our own businesses and workers when it comes to much needed progress.

[@xtremearmor]

The hard fact is No one has job protection. Companies don’t care about employees.

[@nicolasibarra3705]

Open your own Company then 😊

[@tommypuckett9441]

@@nicolasibarra3705 you people always say this stuff well why don’t you open one of you don’t like it? Why don’t you just be a good person who’s good to people

[@jdbaptista]

​@@nicolasibarra3705USA is already monopolized and in the politicians pockets in so many different industries that you wouldn't have any chance in competing with opening up your own business in certain industries.. I always used to be against unions but I'm definitely getting to a point that we have no choice now. If we want to keep up with wages.

[@virginiahaupt6466]

Really they pay union dues high price ??? Unions suck !! Does the mafa still own most of them ??? 🤔❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@virginiahaupt6466]

Why you have to have someone talk for you ya speechless not qualified?????? Union pay those dues that take your pay ????? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tonyarriola4454]

Its american company owners sending jobs to other countries because its more profitable that way for them. Its just AMERICAN BUSINESS!

[@rougecampos317]

We need trump

[@myeshiagreen6224]

Ain't nothing he can do about it

[@valevisa8429]

No we don't .

[@myeshiagreen6224]

@@grog1473 but he is not going to and already said so

[@QueenofTrucking48]

If they contract is up that means we can apply for the job?

[@keithoates7167]

The union wants sympathy and understanding because they cannot get a 70% raise in a 6 year period,written in stone? Do away with the union!!!! Fire them all and hire people that need a job. Hire me,i will cross that line!!

[@Jerryobscurethoughts]

Amen to that. Greedy unions

[@jonathanjacobs1870]

You couldn't handle the work son. Leave it to real men.

[@jonathanjacobs1870]

@@maxsands3861 sir you set in a truck for a living WATCHING men do work. Stop lying.

[@KatZappen]

Wanna watch their heads explode? Hire Haitain and any other protected immigration status people to do the work at current or less labor rates. From what I recall, the reason for automation was to decrease the inefficiency already present at these ports

[@npc5569]

This is so greedy, to feel entitled to the earnings of others.

[@drivingwithricks]

Before I became a truck driver, I worked at the Port of Long Beach for 11 years. Long shoreman were making 90k a year, and crane operators were making close to 200k a year. A 77% pay increase will cripple the American economy. Game over...

[@MK-xl9tt]

Exactly fire them all and put those migrants to work

[@captcyco]

Those are 2 separate unions

[@MK-xl9tt]

@@drivingwithricks exactly right most likely already making the highest wages and best benefits of any blue collar workers. These effin unions are a joke to the private sector who work there asses off. Fire them all and get people in there who appreciate having such good job.

[@khammers]

77% pay increase isn’t as much as you think over 6 years.

[@adamthemango09]

​@@khammersexactly

[@shaun8550]

Remember the UAW strike in the 80's. Our auto industries has never recovered, more Toyotas than Fords on the roads

[@BoomBoom77-z8b]

There are more Toyotas on the road because they are more dependable.

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

That was more because of the 70’s than the 80’s

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

@@BoomBoom77-z8bexactly. There was a time when American made was reliable for some cars but most, even in the 80’s and 90’s wasn’t.

[@jackmack276]

It's because the unions were loaded up with minorities and women who are statistically not good workers when looking at quality and production. Therefore American cars started sucking and were overpriced on top of it due to overpaying unskilled, slow union workers. That is the downfall of "diversity".

[@audreym3777]

But but but….Timmy Walz said he’s a union guy. Shouldn’t he be down there talking to his buddies? Or is he oblivious that his party will be on the hook for when the SHTF? $150k a year and they only want a measly 77% raise? F that….move to CA and reap a $20 hourly for flipping burgers FFS.

[@dennislawrence8501]

He has a bigger Job to do now.

[@gpac8147]

Ports are big .. but walz is a coward, and he isn't a union guy

[@Grandmaster_1776]

You idiots do realize it’s bs and for show? Also picking up a phone does more than going down there for a photo op. Now you idiots want the government to step in after crying about less government

[@myeshiagreen6224]

​@@dennislawrence8501your absolutely right 👍🏿

[@myeshiagreen6224]

​@@gpac8147that is bull he is 🎉

[@bobbythompson7442]

These longshoremen make $80-200k a year compared to the average household around $60k a year. Sounds like the greedy SOB’s needs to be replaced!

[@steve1340]

These workers are Marxist and are supported by Trump

[@Runswithwolves6323]

AMEN TO THAT!! sorry they are!😡

[@goodfella3381]

Dnt Count our pockets!!! Count the Corporations pockets & the profits!!! Foreign companies Run America!! Our government sold us out years ago! Dnt you see the plays that’s being made!!! Dnt get mad @ us because we want what’s owed to us

[@Martin-mt3wz]

Couldn't agree more. Fire the unions and see how much quicker and cheaper things would get

[@Gnome7070]

Call the workers greedy ?? what are you guys a bunch of Fortune 500 CEOs coming to the page to comment?

[@ritakeil9808]

So now what ? Are we now held hostage by the dockworkers union?

[@bwofficial1776]

Yes. They don't care about you, or the people suffering from the hurricane. They just want more money on top of their already six figure paychecks and generous benefits packages and are perfectly willing to hold the country hostage.

[@rickymeadows5176]

Folks are still dying and suffering from the catastrophic aftermath of Helene, & these sorry excuses of human beings who want to use a disaster to blackmail & fatten their pockets should be ashamed, most unpatriotic thing I have witnessed in 65-years !

[@gtrejo108]

Truly a malicious and shameful act! 😢

[@HappyDinosaurFossils-xf4zw]

Don't envoke Taft-Hartley! Stand up for American workers and families! Shut down the economy if necessary. Biden is doing the right thing.

[@NomenClature-o8s]

Automate the ports. Problem solved.

[@HappyDinosaurFossils-xf4zw]

@@NomenClature-o8s No, that never improved quality or lowered prices in the Auto industry. It didn't help the economy either. Just ballooned billionaires' profits. Trickle down never works!

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

This was planned long before the disaster. You shouldn’t be mad at the workers you should be mad at the shipping industry executives who are making billions and unwilling to pay these workers to get them back to work

[@gamecockgurl917]

No one gets job protection from automation, these should be no different.

[@navajojohn9448]

Does the union boss keep getting his $901,000 a year salary while his members don't get a pay check?

[@MansaX]

I was wondering if they still get paid during their strike?

[@brody8838]

Yes, 100% he gets his salary. What he didn't say is after the first week the membership will be out of money. Second week they will start crossing the picket line.

[@iluvny0811]

the I.L.A. should have a fund they put money into that pays its members during times of strike. Im not a member so I cannot be certain though.

[@ChrisBo1980]

The reg union workers dont get paid. Theres no fund for that.

[@brody8838]

@iluvny0811 not a member of ILA, I know my union does not. Even if they do, how much can they actually offer? I highly doubt it. That would also mean money out of the ILA pockets something unions don't like to do is actually help their members.

[@trevorj203]

Why can't we just bring in the national guard and run the ports

[@michaelholt3721]

Why are we still importing our own food??

[@UnseemlyGenie00]

Where are you going to grow bananas in Idaho?

[@Foolofatook889]

@@UnseemlyGenie00you do know that Florida exists, do you not? 😂

[@UnseemlyGenie00]

@@Foolofatook889 Florida grows enough bananas for everyone in the United States? That's amazing

[@deebee7746]

Many other countries do not allow the poison ingredients that are being laced into American food. We must demand that our government stop allowing our food to be poisoned with toxic ingredients.

[@gssbcvegancat2345]

We grew them quite easily and quite well in parts of Florida Mississippi not to mention Puerto Rico where my wife is from. Avocados bananas there are lots of places that can grow them. Also maybe I haven't heard of greenhouses but they exist

[@tonyrice7317]

Way to go guys!!! You just guaranteed that companys will go full automation. Stupid is as stupid does

[@EverythingScienceChannel]

It’s called a shakedown!!!

[@airheadusmc3821]

People who i know have been shaking me down for money 💰 I'm already tired of it

[@Pksparty2112]

He is completely correct about us hating them. That’s already happening. After listening to this man why wouldn’t we

[@grandmabear9069]

They turned down a 50% raise and are demanding +70% increase of their already 6 figure incomes! WTH I call that being a Bully.

[@andyhumpal5284]

Another guy screwing this country

[@Mike-q8u8p]

The speech by the dockworker’s union rep didn’t do them any favors with the public. In three weeks the public will turn to calls for Taft-Hartley.

[@Photik]

That's only a cooling down period of 90 days.

[@MansaX]

Do they get paid during their strike?

[@Nunya9876]

@@MansaXI’d they don’t get paid during the strike, they’ll fight for compensation, at taxpayers and customers’ expense.

[@Mike-q8u8p]

@@MansaX You bet. The Union pays them as long as they show at the picket line.

[@candyc.3163]

@@MansaXI hope not!

[@n539rv]

It’s called extortion!

[@amandar4980]

They want 77% increase in wages. 80k -> 141k. Dang…

[@myeshiagreen6224]

that is right and we will get it cause they have more to loose than we do

[@randolphtucker1388]

Your son or daughter could get a job on the docks. You a blue collar worker. Your not a billionaire.

[@paparooster9569]

Inflation....does a pocket no good. A job that was 70k is now the same as over 100k. Everything so expensive.

[@Kburd-wr6dq]

Good

[@2wsabi]

@@randolphtucker1388 if you pay them more they actually become worst workers too because they feel they have to work slower to be better lmao but it’s just an excuse for laziness and lack of improvement skills

[@tonyarriola4454]

Nice gold chain for not getting paid well.

[@venturesrcs]

The working class people are sick and tired of being lied upon time after time. It's time for real measures!!

[@freedomrings.0007]

F! Them! They already make over a hundred k a year. A 77% increase would give them over 300k a year. Thats absurd!

[@janetbaker7848]

That is still a small percentage of what these companies make a year. You might think it's a lot of money but why the hell shouldn't they have to share it with the employees that actually make the business work? Quit believing the propaganda.

[@shAnn0n1]

It's exactly why the docks are going to become AUTOMATED. Robots don't strike.

[@merlinsteele6840]

@@janetbaker7848this guy sounds like a bully and is threatening the economy. You don’t think they’re making enough money already? Hardly any company shares that much profit with their employees.

[@CSCalm]

@@janetbaker7848then everyone would want a piece of the pie in every job they have. They are being 100% selfish and inconsiderate to anyone else. They do make good money. That’s like me wanting part of a Walmarts profit if I worked there

[@CSCalm]

@@shAnn0n1exactly they will ramp up their timeline to replace employees

[@ramoncarreras95]

Who is this man. Remember your guys don't deliver anything truckers does.

[@WillShowmaker]

What?

[@Coorweiser]

@@WillShowmaker Who is this man. Remember your guys don't deliver anything truckers does

[@MrClobbertime]

But the truckers don't unload the boats. Tuckers can't deliver anything if it's still sitting on the boats.

[@jeromevonloodwig5851]

Ship it to Mexico ports and truck it in with Mexican drivers. Problem solved.

[@Nunya9876]

@@MrClobbertimeand the shipping companies will either reroute to open ports to unload/load ships, which will cost more and take longer-or just not ship until resolved.

[@Paul_425]

This reminds back in the industrial revolution in the early 1800s. Unions like the Luddites, who were English textile workers, actively protested against the introduction of mechanized looms and steam engines because these technologies were seen as threats to their jobs and traditional craftsmanship. Sorry but can't stop technological evolution

[@bobbybobby1450]

GO BACK TO WORK ILA,BEFORE YOU ALL LOSE YOUR JOB !!!!!!!! YOU ALL ARE REPLACEABLE !!!!!!!!!

[@michellelynch2698]

Before they replace them with migrants 😅

[@NeilMeeks-w2c]

This boss is a joke...replace everyone that strikes...

[@MrWoodchuckVT]

do people really know how much these folks make? they declined 50% raise over life of the contract! when was the last time average Americans had a raise? AUTOMATION!!

[@padsa1-s6g]

They were making 160K a year in 2019 already. They want 280k a year. Go search for WATERFRONT COMMISSION OF NEW YORK HARBOR ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2020 Page 25 of the report

[@MultiAnne36]

I have not had a cost of living increase, our raises are nickles and dimes so that puts me behind.

[@Squeaks-ii]

Aren't they already making 6 figures? I wish I could get that. And now they denied a 50 percent increase? Please...

[@trapmuzik6708]

they make good money but their job is dangerous accidents happen all the time people get hurt

[@pipergypsy2053]

I hope the unions and dock workers reconsider their demands, especially considering the utter devastation from Hurricane helene. Absolutely ridiculous the selfishness of these people.

[@sharrykitz9231]

People with good jobs crying and complaining like children.

[@mikebarnett6984]

Port workers make real good money already.

[@lunte1971]

Why in the H... does he sound so glad and proud to hold the American people hosting when they are in a crisis and needs