Oct 5, 2024
Today on TAP: The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant
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Today on TAP: The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant
PORT EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) - The nationwide port workers strike that had entered a third day has been suspended, the regional president of
"PORT EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) - The nationwide port workers strike that had entered a third day has been suspended, the regional president of the International Longshoremen’s Association told 7News, citing a source in New Jersey.
Thursday evening, Johnnie Dixon, the ILA’s regional president, said they have struck an agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance to suspend the strike until Jan. 15 in order to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
“Everything is great. We finally reached an agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance,” said Dixon."
But wait! There's more!
"The announcement comes hours after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on one of Florida’s most pressing issues in recent memory: the fear of automation.
During a press conference in the Florida Panhandle, DeSantis spoke in person on the issue, threatening to deploy the National Guard if the situation gets out of hand.
“We have a responsibility in the state of Florida to do everything we can to avoid, mitigate and minimize these disruptions that will have a negative impact on the state of Florida,” said DeSantis. “Every 36 hours this continues is equal to one week of supply chain disruptions.”
DeSantis ready for combat.
Friends who have gone to Costco and Sam's Club have reported that they are madhouses and the TP is all sold out. (I went on Tuesday and it was fine but news may not have gotten out yet).
People, people. Unless you need certain car parts, import booze, bananas, or some pharmaceuticals, the dock strike is going to do not much to the availability of things in the US.
Most large retailers are already stocked up for Xmas sales and most foods for Halloween and Thanksgiving are already produced in the US. Yes, chocolate is mostly imported in ingredient form, but companies knew the strike was coming and stocked up what they could. Coffee too.
As for toilet paper, a panic purchase not sure why, that is produced right here in the US. US toilet paper is so far different from toilet paper outside of North America that there would be riots in the streets if we tried to use the TP of other nations.
PEOPLE ARE PANIC BUYING TOILET PAPER
American labor orgs are so fucking worthless genuinely fuck these genocidal scabs
Schedule Upset
From the Spokane Daily Chronicle on this day in 1954: DOCK ALTERCATION DELAYS BIG LINERS NEW YORK, Dec. 4. (AP) – The big British liner Queen Mary, whose arrival this week was delayed two days by Atlantic storms, had its schedule upset even further today by waterfront troubles. It was to have sailed for Europe again today at noon. But because dock workers quiet their jobs yesterday and didn’t…
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1949 DOCK STRIKE. The 171 day strike challenged the colonial wage pattern whereby Hawai'i longshore workers received significantly lower pay than their West Coast counterparts, even though they worked for the same company and did the same work. Company managers’ wives held pickets against workers and were known as the “broom brigade.” The woman’s sign reads “Don’t make your Hawaii a ghost town,” in line with company predictions that the strike would ruin Hawaii's economy.