Port workers from Maine to Texas are set to strike Tuesday. Expect shortages and higher prices

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/SaltyGoat17/status/1841251453026922881

[Wingnut]

This will not affect me at all.  We have many local farmers markets that sell eggs, fedgies and beef that are grown and raised locally.   This could be a boon to them.

City folk.  You are own your own to suck on the gov teat for your food stuffs shortages..   

[libertybele]

This will not affect me at all.  We have many local farmers markets that sell eggs, fedgies and beef that are grown and raised locally.   This could be a boon to them.

City folk.  You are own your own to suck on the gov teat for your food stuffs shortages..

Our Farmer Joe's deals with mostly local farmers and ranchers ... so hopefully things won't get too crazy. Prices are bound to continue to rise though on other goods.

Not a heck of a lot we can do otherwise other than start consuming the dehydrated food...it's time anyways.

[jmyrlefuller]

Max Meyer
@mualphaxi
Harold Daggett, the ILA boss who pledged to "cripple" the United States, owns a 76-foot yacht, a Bentley, and gets paid over $900,000.
He was acquitted on RICO charges after the main witness against him, mobster Lawrence Ricci, was found decomposing in a car trunk in New Jersey.
12:09 PM · Oct 1, 2024

Daggett appears to have forgotten a key rule of the Cosa Nostra, and that's to keep low. The more he runs his mouth, the more material he gives investigators to run a sting on the ILA and drive the mafia out of it. (And yeah, those kinds of unions have long been havens for organized crime.)

And then... well, let's just remember what they did to Jimmy Hoffa.

[mountaineer]

 

Robert Sterling
@RobertMSterling
Basically, there’s a group of guys called longshoremen, who unload all the stuff that comes into the country by boats (which is pretty much everything you buy, right?). The longshoremen all make more money than doctors, because their union has a legal stranglehold over the ports and their mob-connected boss is willing to cripple the American economy to get them even more money.

So when you hear longshoreman, think “boat unloading guy making shitloads of money.” The union is paranoid about automation destroying their jobs, though, since robots can unload containers 5x faster and for 1/100th the cost, and also without threatening to wreck the economy and make inflation worse one month before an election and six weeks before the holiday season.

Still with me? Good. Now pour me another glass of champagne and let’s talk about something called the Taft-Hartley Act.
3:11 PM · Oct 1, 2024

[rustynail]

Dragon Riding – Dockworker Strike Underway as Alinsky Methods Deployed Against Labor Union Head, Harold Daggett

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/10/02/dragon-riding-dockworker-strike-underway-as-alinsky-methods-deployed-against-labor-union-head-harold-daggett/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

No worries.... If necessary Joe will respond to supply chain disruptions.   

He could have used that Taft-Hartley Act and didn't.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/taft-hartley-act-why-biden-could-use-labor-law-preempt-port-strike

I understand Joe will appoint Kamala as the Strike Czar to ensure we are crippled.

[Cyber Liberty]

I understand Joe will appoint Kamala as the Strike Czar to ensure we are crippled.

Post of the Day!

[Smokin Joe]

I never worked in a Union Shop, so I can't comment, either.

Me, neither.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

https://twitter.com/SaltyGoat17/status/1841251453026922881

Drove by Sams today and every parking space was filled, with cars circling.

Wisely didn't stop to join the crowd

[Elderberry]

The White House has few good options if the port strike becomes protracted

Yahoo by Ben Werschkul

 The Biden administration exerted additional pressure on port negotiators Tuesday and announced an effort to monitor for supply chain weak spots on day one of a dockworkers strike that could ripple through the US economy.

But looming large are questions around what additional steps could be needed in the weeks ahead, from directly mediating the talks to perhaps even forcing union members back to work.

"They're really having to thread the needle politically," noted Bruce Chan, Stifel transportation and logistics analyst, in a Yahoo Finance live appearance Tuesday morning, adding that his base case is for a two-week stoppage.

Whether it's shorter or longer, he added, could depend on "the willingness of the Biden administration to intervene here."

The International Longshoremen's Association union, which represents roughly 45,000 workers, began to set up picket lines just after midnight for the first time since 1977.

The US Maritime Alliance (USMX), which operates the ports and is negotiating with the union, added in a statement that "both sides have moved off their previous positions" but added that it has offered no concession on the key sticking point issue of automation at ports.

That leaves the White House weighing its options amid dwindling chances of a quick organic resolution to the complex talks.

There are two approaches the White House could take — but they come with deep downsides.

On the one side, letting the strike drag on for multiple weeks could threaten not just shortages of some perishable consumer goods but also manufacturing materials that may force the shutdown of factories and deeper economic repercussions.

More: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-white-house-has-few-good-options-if-the-port-strike-becomes-protracted-160847294.html

[catfish1957]

Wonder how popular these Strikers are going to be after the grocery shelves stay empty for about a week.

[mountaineer]

Isn't toilet paper made in the U.S.? I wonder whether its availability is limited at all by the strike.
On the news tonight, they pointed out that some alcohol may not get here, e.g., whiskey from the U.K. or wine from France.

[Right_in_Virginia]

On the news tonight, they pointed out that some alcohol may not get here, e.g., whiskey from the U.K. or wine from France.

Well, this news should motivate Kamala to action.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, this news should motivate Kamala to action.

Nah, she drinks the cheap bottom shelf stuff.  Probably Popov or 10-High.

[mountaineer]

There must be some kind of pipeline from Russia to Kommiela and Pelosi.

[Bigun]

Nah, she drinks the cheap bottom shelf stuff.  Probably Popov or 10-High.

She looks like the MD 20/20 type to me. 

[Cyber Liberty]

She looks like the MD 20/20 type to me. 

Night Train.  Same thing.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Wonder how popular these Strikers are going to be after the grocery shelves stay empty for about a week.

My thoughts are that people will more likely blame Biden/Harris rather than the strikers

May be wrong, but longshoremen are more identified as workers, not policymakers like the administration who, BTW, could have stopped the strike in its tracks

[Cyber Liberty]

My thoughts are that people will more likely blame Biden/Harris rather than the strikers

May be wrong, but longshoremen are more identified as workers, not policymakers like the administration who, BTW, could have stopped the strike in its tracks

No, they will blame Trump.  Global Warming is his fault.  I hear he causes bunions to boot.

[Elderberry]

Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
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Hell Yeah!  God Bless the Truckers

[libertybele]

Port strike stalls truckers as well as deliveries

In normal times, thousands of containers are unloaded from any particular ship at now-closed U.S. seaports in Houston, Baltimore and Virginia. Each day, thousands of trucks and truck drivers pick up loads from ports and move them to warehouses and distribution centers so they can make their way to customers.

But when ports shut down, as they did Tuesday morning because of a widespread dockworkers strike, those drivers may not know what their next job will be.

Tuesday wasn’t exactly a chill day for Kyle Kristynik, president of Houston-area trucking company Jetco Delivery. When Marketplace caught up with him at around noon, he said he was “trying to figure out if it’s 5 o’clock somewhere yet.”

He worries about his drivers, he said — many of whom operate their own trucks and pick up containers from terminals at Port Houston daily.

“They’re independent contractors, a lot of them,” and they don’t get paid time off, Kristynik said. “They’re sitting without a paycheck, basically.”

The industry counts on many of these independent contractors and small business owners across the country. American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said the vast majority of his members own fewer than 10 trucks.

“These are very small businesses that aren’t able to shift in a strike,” Spear said. “They’re going to have to wait it out. And the longer it goes, those folks are going to be really hung out to dry.” ............

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/10/01/port-strike-stalls-truckers-as-well-as-deliveries/

[verga]

On the news tonight, they pointed out that some alcohol may not get here, e.g., whiskey from the U.K. or wine from France.

Pelosi won't stand for this

[mountaineer]

Maria Bartiromo
@MariaBartiromo
OMG a viral moment for @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness just now while discussing the #PortStrike - I asked @JeffFlock on the ground in #newark to ask the strikers if they support #KamalaHarris & not one hand went up  not one join us now #live
8:12 AM · Oct 3, 2024
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Meanwhile, Secretary Mayor Buttgigger bemoans the plight of the poor impoverished dockworkers.

Jeff Carlson
@themarketswork
Buttigieg knew well in advance the dockworkers contract was expiring. He knew well in advance the dockworker’s Union had material demands and were expecting a big payout for their work during Covid.
Mayor Pete did absolutely nothing to prepare for an obvious strike situation.
8:13 AM · Oct 3, 2024

https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1841631752605106364

[Free Vulcan]

Maria Bartiromo
@MariaBartiromo
OMG a viral moment for @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness just now while discussing the #PortStrike - I asked @JeffFlock on the ground in #newark to ask the strikers if they support #KamalaHarris & not one hand went up  not one join us now #live
8:12 AM · Oct 3, 2024
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Meanwhile, Secretary Mayor Buttgigger bemoans the plight of the poor impoverished dockworkers.

Jeff Carlson
@themarketswork
Buttigieg knew well in advance the dockworkers contract was expiring. He knew well in advance the dockworker’s Union had material demands and were expecting a big payout for their work during Covid.
Mayor Pete did absolutely nothing to prepare for an obvious strike situation.
8:13 AM · Oct 3, 2024

Which brings it to the real point - being this close to election, what are the Rat political mechanations and agenda going on here?

[catfish1957]

Which brings it to the real point - being this close to election, what are the Rat political mechanations and agenda going on here?

Maria's been so quiet the past few years, after being one of the bigger "news breakers" for a long time. 

I wondered if she is giving up the fight.

[catfish1957]

Which brings it to the real point - being this close to election, what are the Rat political mechanations and agenda going on here?

I don't think the dims wanted this.  Otherwise, they'd planned this for next January if Trump wins.   There's some backlit anamosity going on right now between big labor and the democratic machinery.  Let's not forget.....  Union workers are part of the. business world.  And when you have the most anti-business adminstration in history, some unintended toes are stepped on.

[GtHawk]

Pelosi won't stand for this

Meh, Pelosi won’t be bothered until it affects her ice cream.

[Smokin Joe]

Meh, Pelosi won’t be bothered until it affects her ice cream.

I wonder if her freezer is still stocked?

[Gefn]

🧻 near me is going fast

[bigheadfred]

🧻 near me is going fast

Completely stupid. TP is made in America. We export it.

[libertybele]

🧻 near me is going fast

I stocked up years ago for hurricanes and have kept TP and paper towels pretty well stocked. Yes TP is a basic necessity and that's a huge concern, but equally concerning is fruits and vegetables, especially bananas as they are shipped in - I read that that can be peeled, sliced and frozen.   

I should probably stock up on bread.

[Wingnut]

During shortages people seem to be cured of gluten illnesses.

[mountaineer]

I stocked up years ago for hurricanes and have kept TP and paper towels pretty well stocked. Yes TP is a basic necessity and that's a huge concern, but equally concerning is fruits and vegetables, especially bananas as they are shipped in - I read that that can be peeled, sliced and frozen.   

Frozen bananas aren't bad. Peel, wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap, put as many in a ziploc bag as will fit, and freeze.

[catfish1957]

And food...  Is even 10% of what we eat imported?

Hoarding in an emergency is a terrible flaw in the human psyche.

And even bananas and other fruits/vegetibables.  Last time I looked at the geogrpahy, there are still land routes down to Mexico and Central America. (Bananas are mostly from Guatmala)

[Cyber Liberty]

And food...  Is even 10% of what we eat imported?

Hoarding in an emergency is a terrible flaw in the human psyche.

And even bananas and other fruits/vegetibables.  Last time I looked at the geogrpahy, there are still land routes down to Mexico and Central America. (Bananas are mostly from Guatmala)

Not to mention there is plenty of land access to the West Coast, where there isn't a strike.

[berdie]

I stocked up years ago for hurricanes and have kept TP and paper towels pretty well stocked. Yes TP is a basic necessity and that's a huge concern, but equally concerning is fruits and vegetables, especially bananas as they are shipped in - I read that that can be peeled, sliced and frozen.   

I should probably stock up on bread.

Yep, bananas will freeze. As will avocado and of course onion, tomatoes, peppers and most green veggies. Asparagus not so much. (: But I froze it. It comes out like canned. I even froze cut up cantaloupe. It lost texture but the flavor was good.

[Fishrrman]

Vulcan asks a good question:
"Which brings it to the real point - being this close to election, what are the Rat political mechanations and agenda going on here?"

My totally speculative reply:
They don't know what they should do.
Not a one of them.
And... when told what their options might be... they will be afraid and unwilling to try any of them.

[Fishrrman]

Here's a VERY good piece by Jeffrey Tucker that appeared at The Epoch Times this morning.
I suggest you read it ALL THE WAY through.

"Why are the dock workers striking?":
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-are-dock-workers-striking-5733938

REMEMBER:
To read at The Epoch Times, either use your browser's "reader mode", OR disable javascript using a free plugin or add-on...

[bigheadfred]

unusual_whales
@unusual_whales
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4m
BREAKING: International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance have reached a tentative agreement on wages, to return to work on Friday, wages go up by 62%.

[catfish1957]

unusual_whales
@unusual_whales
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4m
BREAKING: International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance have reached a tentative agreement on wages, to return to work on Friday, wages go up by 62%.

62% over 5 years?

That's really going to help inflation.   

[berdie]

What I just heard, may/may not be true, is this agreement is only until January. It wasn't reported about any immediate wage increase. Could be true though.

Given what is going on with Helene the Horrible, I may have been tempted to become a scab and start unloading boats myself.

Well, maybe a couple of years ago.

[jmyrlefuller]

What I just heard, may/may not be true, is this agreement is only until January. It wasn't reported about any immediate wage increase. Could be true though.

Given what is going on with Helene the Horrible, I may have been tempted to become a scab and start unloading boats myself.

Well, maybe a couple of years ago.

There seems to be a tentative agreement. Dockworkers agreed to go back to work while the details are ironed out.
https://www.fox19.com/2024/10/03/source-dockworkers-union-suspend-strike-until-jan-15-allow-time-negotiate-new-contract/

[christian]

Fortunately the fools and damn fools refuse to blame anything Biden has done, except blame Republicans for 3 1/2 yrs of Biden being Republicans fault.  Have you heard?  Kamala is now a moderate, just like Biden was just before last Pres election and is going to save us from the evil Trump that unfortunately brought us jobs and fiscal responsibility to America while he was in office.  Kamala who rubber stamped 3 1/3 years of Biden was against Biden all that time, {so she now says} imagine the millions of fools that fell for the manure spreader of perverted reality/history?  So how many fools and damn fools will vote for Kamala to ensure another 4 years of Biden type woke agendas then bawl for the next four years of how could life/God be so cruel as to give us what THEY voted for again?

Forest Gump:  Stupid is as stupid DOES!

rEMEMBER Burke:  All thats needed for the wicked to prevail is for good men to do nothing.  {Especially at election times!}

Then turn and blame  God for letting the anal retentive fools getting thier way, like they did Biden last Pres election.

Dock strikes shutting down the economy, fools shortages known and encouraged by our own government.  Chinese diseases, plagues spread everywhere, then lethal toxic cures to make the crisis's even worse.  Were damn fools ever this glad and determined to be damn fools? and vote again as such?