H
harddriver
Well-known member
G
Geo
Well-known member
H
harddriver
Well-known member
H
harddriver
Well-known member
rsm
Well-known member
H
harddriver
Well-known member
H
harddriver
Well-known member
rsm
Well-known member
Laputan Machine
Well-known member
rsm
Well-known member
Got food?
FY 2019 was the first US agricultural trade deficit since 1967; record $32B agricultural trade deficit forecasted for FY 2024
FY 2019 was the first US agricultural trade deficit since 1967; record $32B agricultural trade deficit forecasted for FY 2024
H
harddriver
Well-known member
watson503
Well-known member
MadAsAHatter
Well-known member
I don't know enough about what's going on with this. Is it a legitimate strike for fair wages & benefits or is it one of those Starbucks baristas want $50/hr. type strikes?
watson503
Well-known member
"The union said in a statement sent to the press on Monday morning that USMX “continues to block the path toward a settlement on a new Master Contract by refusing ILA’s demands for a fair and decent contract and seems intent on causing a strike at all ports from Maine to Texas beginning in almost 12 hours.”
“The Ocean Carriers represented by USMX want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer ILA Longshore Workers an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the ILA said.
The ILA has said its 85,000 members, “joined in solidarity by tens of thousands of dockworkers and maritime workers around the world,” will hit the picket lines at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, and strike at all Atlantic and Gulf coast ports from Maine to Texas.
Approximately 50,000 ILA union members work at the ports of Boston, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Baltimore, Norfolk, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Miami, New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and Houston.
No negotiations were underway and none were planned before the Monday deadline, according to a Reuters report."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/30/ports-strike-truckers-rails-billions-in-cargo-shutdown.html
Laputan Machine
Well-known member
I have a cousin that runs one of those cranes. He is on call basically 24/7 and has had to move and the job requires you to accept it will impact your personal life but he makes like $240k a year.
American dock workers are by far the highest paid dockworkers in the entire world and performance of US ports is amongst the lowest in the world. It's a racket. Their union has all these stipulations which make it so they are basically in the 1970s as far as technology/automation/logistics.
rsm
Well-known member
Cisco is laying off US workers while also announcing the opening of a new facility in India, and hiring.
I'm in the tech industry; for many companies, like mine, the layoffs are quiet, small numbers every week or so while we're also hiring. For example, I have several openings on my team we're trying to fill, and talking to some that are being laid off as well as externally.
I'm in the tech industry; for many companies, like mine, the layoffs are quiet, small numbers every week or so while we're also hiring. For example, I have several openings on my team we're trying to fill, and talking to some that are being laid off as well as externally.
rsm
Well-known member
wonder if this will impact the delivery of Larry amps to the US?
rsm
Well-known member
just learned reverb.com is laying off people
rsm
Well-known member
city officials sign an agreement to take in illegal invaders without consulting the taxpayers/citizens/residents of the town
this is in Alabama
this is in Alabama