The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has reached a tentative agreement with port owners and representatives of USMX, for a reported 62% contract increase in wages over six years. As a result, the dockworker strike is suspended as negotiations on other aspects of the contract are extended through January 15, 2025.
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According to the New York Times – […] A 62 percent increase would raise the top longshoremen’s wage to just over $63 per hour at the end of a new six-year contract, from today’s $39 per hour. And at $63 an hour, the wages of East and Gulf Coast longshoremen would slightly exceed those that will be earned by West Coast longshoremen, who belong to a different union, at the end of their contract in 2027.
In the resumed talks, the issue of how much automation can occur at the ports could divide the sides. The union has also been pressing for improved retirement benefits. (more)
“Unions Joe” getting a good shaking down before the “election”, now that he’s feeble and they have maximum leverage.
ILA Suspends Strike Through January 15th
So they can resume the strike Jan 21 and crash our economy a day after PresTrump is sworn in, so that PresTrump can be blamed for the economic catastrophe
you heard it here, folks
as forecast effects were starting to look dire for the Dems (half-percent drop in GDP) Union leadership got the phone call:
“Dudes ….“
Sounds like the ILA East Coast contract is in line with the West Coast contract, so this was much ado about nothing.
I heard that Kamala is trying to claim credit for this. True or not I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be surprised.