BREAKING...Dockworkers’ union reaches tentative agreement, will suspend port strike

[mystery-ak]

October 3, 2024 7:00pm EDT
Dockworkers' union reaches tentative agreement, will suspend port strike until January
International Longshoremen’s Association represents 45,000 striking US workers

   

Bradford Betz
By Bradford Betz FOXBusiness

Striking U.S. dockworkers will return to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with employers on an improved wage offer.

The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase, FOX Business has learned.

The offer is on the table for the next 90 days. If no deal is reached within that timeframe, the proposed wage hike will be pulled from the table.

The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 striking U.S. workers, said the union and USMX have reached a "tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues."

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/dockworkers-union-reaches-tentative-agreement-suspend-port-strike-until-january

[mystery-ak]

Okay..who pressured them to postpone the strike?.....I think we all know..

[mystery-ak]

Longshoremen Pause Strike Until January 15, Throw Kamala Harris a Lifeline

The dockworkers’ strike that could have severely hurt the American economy and the supply chain weeks before an election has been paused until January 15, diverting what could have been a political catastrophe for Vice President Kamala Harris.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/03/longshoremen-pause-strike-january-15-throw-kamala-harris-lifeline/

[Sighlass]

The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase...

What the heck.. for folks already making 6 figures !

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase...

What the heck.. for folks already making 6 figures !

I figure it's our version of a general tariff.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Okay..who pressured them to postpone the strike?.....I think we all know..

The important thing to note is when the delay expires.

Seems timed to have DT be blamed for the strike as he is sworn in the following week.

[verga]

The important thing to note is when the delay expires.

Seems timed to have DT be blamed for the strike as he is sworn in the following week.

They are part of the Teamsters, and the rank and file hate kameltoe. Youmight be right about the head honchos though.

[mystery-ak]

Biden Forces Settlement in Dockworkers Strike. Guess Who Came Out the Big Winner?
Rick Moran


The dockworkers' union has agreed to return to work after the White House intervened and strong-armed the  U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing shipping companies, to give the union what they wanted regarding wages.

The dockworkers will return to work immediately under the old contract and the two sides will have until January 15 to hammer out the outstanding issues.

Why Biden didn't intervene to prevent the strike is clear. He wanted the International Longshoreman Union (ILA) to demonstrate its muscle and willingness to shut down the U.S. economy to get what it wanted.

The union wanted a 77% increase in wages. After the companies offered 50%, they got a 62% increase after White House aides, including chief of staff Jeff Zients and other senior officials, held a Zoom meeting with the shipping lines at 5:30 a.m. (Good morning. Did I wake you? Sign here.) Meanwhile, acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visited union leaders in New Jersey, urging them to get on board.

 “Collective bargaining works, and it is critical to building a stronger economy from the middle out and the bottom up,” President Joe Biden said in a statement after the deal was announced.

ILA President, the bomb-throwing Harold Daggett, claimed the dockworkers deserved a "fair share" of the "hundreds of billions of dollars in profits that shipping companies made." That's not even in the ballpark as far as profits made during the pandemic, considering what the companies had to do to get the merchandise from point to point around the world.

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https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/10/04/biden-forces-settlement-in-dockworkers-strike-guess-who-came-out-the-big-winner-n4933061

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Biden Forces Settlement in Dockworkers Strike. Guess Who Came Out the Big Winner?
Rick Moran


The dockworkers' union has agreed to return to work after the White House intervened and strong-armed the  U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing shipping companies, to give the union what they wanted regarding wages. No, the Union wanted 77% increase and only got 62%

The dockworkers will return to work immediately under the old contract and the two sides will have until January 15 to hammer out the outstanding issues.

Why Biden didn't intervene to prevent the strike is clear. He wanted the International Longshoreman Union (ILA) to demonstrate its muscle and willingness to shut down the U.S. economy to get what it wanted. Yes, his surrogates did intervene as seen below.

The union wanted a 77% increase in wages. After the companies offered 50%, they got a 62% increase after White House aides, including chief of staff Jeff Zients and other senior officials, held a Zoom meeting with the shipping lines at 5:30 a.m. (Good morning. Did I wake you? Sign here.) Meanwhile, acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visited union leaders in New Jersey, urging them to get on board.

 “Collective bargaining works, and it is critical to building a stronger economy from the middle out and the bottom up,” President Joe Biden said in a statement after the deal was announced.
No, it is not bargaining when the feds hold a hammer over the heads of one side.  It was a forced acceptance by the companies/

ILA President, the bomb-throwing Harold Daggett, claimed the dockworkers deserved a "fair share" of the "hundreds of billions of dollars in profits that shipping companies made." That's not even in the ballpark as far as profits made during the pandemic, considering what the companies had to do to get the merchandise from point to point around the world.

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https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/10/04/biden-forces-settlement-in-dockworkers-strike-guess-who-came-out-the-big-winner-n4933061

This is so much bs packed into this.