Good, labour deserves more of the share than they get
Was with them until they demanded no automation in the ports which is ridiculous. Always down for people to get paid more but holding back technological improvement is really Luddite of them and means that we have to use inefficient processes indefinitely.
The most efficient ports are in the middle east/asia (all automated), the least efficient are in south africa/USA:
The union boss, Daggett, is trying to get his son his union boss seat for when he retires and the surefire way to do that is to win a new absurd contract for the union. He makes almost $900k a year btw. They’re going to plunge the economy into a recession if they don’t get their way.
The only way to get these longshoreman jobs is if your dad is a longshoreman btw. It’s one of the most corrupt unions in the country.
Here’s Daggett threatening to ‘cripple you’ (you being the average american/the american economy, basically bragging that people will lose jobs/businesses will close if they strike):
Didn’t them even without those loses either way? No work no money made. Sounds like the CEO could be all day in his/her office and no money would be made. Guess we have to adjust the proportion of gains between all employees from not useful(ceos) to useful ones(us)
Jesus christ labor is cooked in the states. Absolutely no class consciousness.
The fact our economic problems are so widespread and integrated is because of us collectively not being paid more for the increase in productivity. Minimum wage should be close to 50$ if keeping up from pre-Regan era productivity-to-wage ratios. It might be more – I’m being conservative here.
The one thing I liked about Reagan, he busted up these unions and made them sit the fuck down in the 80’s.
The only problem is that if this ends in a Trump election than it’s game over for the union.
It’s an ultra high risk maneuver. It’s also entirely possible the owners will say “screw it”
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Good, labour deserves more of the share than they get
Was with them until they demanded no automation in the ports which is ridiculous. Always down for people to get paid more but holding back technological improvement is really Luddite of them and means that we have to use inefficient processes indefinitely.
The most efficient ports are in the middle east/asia (all automated), the least efficient are in south africa/USA:
https://ibb.co/Fb3Pdrj
This is what a fully automated port looks like, btw:
https://x.com/supertrucker/status/1840881787033043006
The union boss, Daggett, is trying to get his son his union boss seat for when he retires and the surefire way to do that is to win a new absurd contract for the union. He makes almost $900k a year btw. They’re going to plunge the economy into a recession if they don’t get their way.
The only way to get these longshoreman jobs is if your dad is a longshoreman btw. It’s one of the most corrupt unions in the country.
Here’s Daggett threatening to ‘cripple you’ (you being the average american/the american economy, basically bragging that people will lose jobs/businesses will close if they strike):
https://x.com/indygerl/status/1840790393291682260
Didn’t them even without those loses either way? No work no money made. Sounds like the CEO could be all day in his/her office and no money would be made. Guess we have to adjust the proportion of gains between all employees from not useful(ceos) to useful ones(us)
Jesus christ labor is cooked in the states. Absolutely no class consciousness.
The fact our economic problems are so widespread and integrated is because of us collectively not being paid more for the increase in productivity. Minimum wage should be close to 50$ if keeping up from pre-Regan era productivity-to-wage ratios. It might be more – I’m being conservative here.
The one thing I liked about Reagan, he busted up these unions and made them sit the fuck down in the 80’s.
The only problem is that if this ends in a Trump election than it’s game over for the union.
It’s an ultra high risk maneuver. It’s also entirely possible the owners will say “screw it”