By Grand Rapids Anonymous
tuesday, october 1, 2024 at 12:46:00 a.m. edt
(cnbc) key points
“approximately 50,000 ila union longshoremen were walking off the job at east coast and gulf coast ports from new england to texas starting at 12:01 a.m. et on october 1 after failing to reach an agreement with ports ownership on a new contract, the union’s first strike since 1977.
“between 43%-49% of all U.S. imports and billions of dollars in trade monthly move through the U.S east coast and gulf ports.
“the international longshoreman’s association, the largest maritime union in north America, rejected [?!] an offer from the port management group usmx on monday that included a wage hike over six years near 50%.
--GRA
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
tuesday, october 1, 2024 at 1:50:00 a.m. edt
“(Breitbart) update 12:13 a.m. et: the n.y. times reports, ‘both sides have moved off their previous positions,’ the maritime alliance said in a news release. ‘we are hopeful that this could allow us to fully resume collective bargaining.’
GRA: Glass half full, ny times? Or lying. Who knows?
--GRA
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
tuesday, october 1, 2024 at 12:20:00 p.m. edt
“(Breitbart) port facilities from maine to texas were surrounded by walking picket lines in a stoppage that stands to reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
ap reports the contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the international longshoremen’s association (ila) expired at midnight, and even though progress was reported in talks on monday, the workers went on strike. the strike affecting 36 ports is the first by the union since 1977.
“workers began picketing at the port of philadelphia shortly after midnight, walking in a circle at a rail crossing outside the port and chanting ‘no work without a fair contract.’”
--GRA
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I went to the store late Tuesday to get a dozen eggs,but the brand I get(Eggland's Best)was sold out. A lesser brand was available,though.
--GRA
REPORTS OF "PANIC BUYING" ON SOCIAL MEDIA,DUE TO PORT STRIKE
(ZH)As union dockworkers began striking against employers at East and Gulf Coast ports early Tuesday morning, reports of panic-buying at supermarkets almost immediately started spreading across social media.
Video clips posted by social media users on X and Facebook showed people rushing to buy water, toilet paper, paper towels and other items at supermarkets and retailers across the U.S.
GRA:Not sure if I believe that is happening--in earnest,yet--eggs were the only commodity that I observed so far,missing in action.
--GRA
"see b.s." REPORTS OF PANIC BUYING AT SOME COSTCO STORES
(GRA)This was on network radio.The usual products that were being grabbed during the pandemic.
People never change.
--GRA
DOCKWORKER'S STRIKE OVER--HUGE WAGE INCREASES AGREED TO--IN SIX YEAR DEAL.
(ZH)If you just bought 10 years worth of toilet paper, you may want to check if you still have the receipt.
Late on Thursday, 45,000 striking dockworkers at US East and Gulf coast ports agreed to return to work after port operators sweetened their contract offer, ending a three-day strike that threatened to disrupt the American economy.
The International Longshoremen’s Association and port operators, in a joint statement, said they had reached a tentative agreement on wages and union members would return to work. They said the agreement would extend the prior contract, which expired at the start of this week, through Jan. 15, 2025 while the two sides negotiate on other issues, including automation on the docks.
The breakthrough came after port employers offered a 62% increase in wages over six years, the WSJ reported citing people familiar with the matter. The new offer, up from an earlier proposed raise of 50%, came after the White House privately and publicly pressed the large shipping lines and cargo terminal operators who employ the longshore workers to make a new offer to the union.
The agreement ends a strike that had closed container ports from Maine to Texas and threatened to disrupt everything from the supply of bananas in supermarkets to the flow of cars through America’s factories, and cost the US economy billions each day in lost commerce.
The latest offer would raise the base hourly rate for ILA port workers to $63 from $39 over six years. One of the people said the offer is being made on the condition that dockworkers go back to work and agree to efficiency gains.
The offer is less than the union demand for an increase of 77% over the term of the contract but a far larger increase than most major labor contracts, including a contract reached last year covering the separate union representing West Coast longshore workers. Many U.S. dockworkers currently earn more than a $100,000 a year, with baseline hourly wages boosted by work rules and overtime requirements.
--GRA
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