history shows the #workingclass only benefits from #automation and #upskilling through luddism. The 19th century #Luddites did not enjoy the right to vote or collectively bargain yet they fought the bosses who hired #childlabor, exploited skilled workers and drove down their wages.
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/yes-the-striking-dockworkers-were
#ILA #longshoreman #dockers #portworkers #union #labormovement #solidarity #directaction #strike
This is what I call leadership
(versus that other guy🤔)
How Biden helped end a port strike that threatened Democrats in November
“Then in a surprising move, as the call was wrapping up, Zients told the board members of the U.S. Maritime Alliance that he was going to tell #Biden in about an hour that they had agreed to propose a new offer to the #Union. By that point, the shipping executives had agreed to do no such thing. Zients was saying they would.
“I need the offer today — not tomorrow. Today,”
#Strike #Longshoreman #Trump #PortStrike #taftHartley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/biden-white-house-harris-port-strike/
'Causing heads to explode': Alarms sound as #ProTrump union leader accused of '#sabotage'
Story by Matthew Chapman
October 3, 2024
"Political observers and experts are raising alarms about the International #Longshoreman's Association union strike, which has seen #dockworkers suspend their duties unloading cargo at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts — speculating whether the head of the union is attempting economic sabotage in favor of former President Donald #Trump.
"#USMX, the key guild of maritime employers, offered the ILA upwards of 60 percent salary increases in their new contracts. The ILA, however, is demanding even higher increases, as well as the continuation of exorbitant fees to handle shipping containers — a practice so expensive, according to maritime journalist John Konrad, that U.S. ports frequently ship freight over roads hundreds of miles at ten times the expense to consumers rather than transport containers onto secondary barges at a fraction of the price to consumers — as well as a total ban on any new technology to automate ports, which industry experts have warned could destroy the competitiveness of U.S. shipping.
"The extreme nature of the demands has caused speculation among observers that the whole thing might be a ploy to get Trump elected."
#HaroldDaggett #LongshoremenStrike #TrumpAllies #PoliticalSabotage
Why an old photo of #Trump, #Longshoreman's president returned to prominence with #strike
James Powel Kinsey Crowley, Medora Lee
10/1/2024
"Images of the President of the International Longshoremen's Association meeting with former President Donald Trump circulated on social media as the union went on strike Tuesday.
"The images are pulled from a July post on the union's website where union President #HaroldDaggett asked for members to 'pray
for the former president in the wake of the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
"In the post Daggett recalled a 2023 meeting with Trump where the former president appeared to express support for the Longshoremen.
"'We had a wonderful, productive 90-minute meeting where I expressed to President Trump the threat of automation to American workers,' Daggett said. 'President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the U.S. Mr. Trump also listened to my concerns about Federal 'Right To Work' laws which undermines unions and their ability to represent and fight for its membership.'
"The strike begins the same day as the vice-presidential debate and days after Trump, appearing at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, admitted to avoiding paying overtime."
#LongshoremenStrike #TrumpAllies #PoliticalSabotage #EconomicSabotage
Oh, this guy is killing it.
on trying to blame the workers for "Grinding the economy to a halt"
"No, not us, THEY are! Don’t spin it now.”
Here are all the ports where workers were planning to join the strike as of last night.
Longshoreman are on strike today 🖤
@w7voa
The #Biden Admin needs to resolve the #Longshoreman #strike ASAP.
Not only will it tank the #economy just ahead of the #election (playing into #DementiaDon's strongest issue), but just like the #SupplyChainCrisis, it will increase prices and teach companies how much we are willing to pay for everything (people are STILL waiting for prices to fall to pre-Covid levels but never will.)
This strike will raise prices even more & not return after the strike ends if not resolved ASAP. 😒
midnight deadline looming over negotiation impasse for union of 45,000 #dockworkers creates potential of #EastCoast #Longshoreman #strike. Disruption damages if not could cripple US regional retail #economy and #maritime shipping at 14 key #ports from Houston up to Massachusetts. #Port of Montreal already shut...
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