JUST IN: Longshore Union President Who Pledged to “CRIPPLE” the United States, Owns 76-Ft Yacht, Bentley, Is Paid Almost 1 MILLION Per Year, Body of His Co-Defendent In RICO Case Was Found Decomposing In Trunk [VIDEO]

The Gateway Pundit ^ | 10-01-24 | Patty McMurray

[blueyon]

On Sept. 27, US Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene warned about the ramifications of a strike in a tweet. Rep. Greene claims, “It’s very important to understand how critical this is given that America is now in a $36 billion dollar food trade deficit for the first time in our nation’s history.

Also, the Biden-Harris administration and congressional out-of-control spending have driven inflation so high that many Americans can’t afford quality of life.

I think this situation is serious and, depending on whether they strike and how long it lasts, could be a crisis going into the election, holidays, and winter.

[bigbob]

Just a regular guy then eh?

[butterdezillion]

Are there any laws that prevent non-union workers from filling these positions?

[plain talk]

Almost full automation of docks will happen sooner or later. However it will take time and investment. Thus they will need the workers in the short term and possibly mid-term.

So they will likely just offer them money to get the strike settled. Don’t see how management agrees to never fully automate.

[lee martell]

That looks like Kamala’s husband!
I know that’s the actor Stephanie Powers was mad about in real life.

[crazyhorse691]

I have a deep distrust of unions and even capitalistic conglomerates where the the union president or the conglomerate CEO are pretty much isolated from their bad decisions.

[kiryandil]

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.

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United States Files Racketeering Case Against the International Longshoremen’s Association and Top Ila Officials

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 06, 2005

https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nye/pr/2005/2005jul6.html

The ILA is governed by an Executive Council, currently consisting of 31 ILA officials with broad power and authority to run the operations of the union and oversee its Locals, and is led in all matters of importance by the “big six” ILA Executive Officers, four of whom are named defendants in today’s filing as having conspired to commit acts of racketeering —

President JOHN BOWERS,
ILA Secretary-Treasurer ROBERT E. GLEASON
Executive Vice-President ALBERT CERNADAS
Assistant General Organizer HAROLD J. DAGGETT

[hillarys cankles]

I would be all for “heres your 77% pay increase. This will be your last contract because after this you area all out of a job. Total automation”. I do not look kindly on people like this who are willing to ruin the country so they can make more money. Especially when your job really isn’t needed anymore. Please refer to ports in Denmark.

[Huskrrrr]

Just a common working man.

[Toddsterpatriot]

“He’s a good fella. He’s one of us.”

[PerConPat]

Ain’t it a shame most labor union members can’t create their own jobs?....
just as they do for their union leaders. /S (I guess)

[Pontiac]

America is now in a $36 billion dollar food trade deficit for the first time in our nation’s history.

Why on Earth are we in a food trade deficit?!!!

Maybe we should stop growing food to turn in to alcohol to solve a non-existent CO2 problem.

We used to produce so much food that the Dept. of Agriculture bought the excess and put it on barges to dump in the ocean.

[kiryandil]

The hourly wage scales these thugs wield with their collective knife at the throat of the American economy are so excessive as to make a mockery of the statutory freedom from monopoly they currently enjoy per the National Labor Relations Act of 1933.

Interestingly, I haven't seen anything in the Gaslight Media pointing out these hourly wage scales - because the sheep that consume their "news" would sit up and take notice...

[LeonardFMason]

Rob Reiner?

[PGalt]

BUMP. Thanks to every poster. That POS Harold Daggett’s WORDS.

[DAC21]

“I may be with the unions on this.

Should we automate everything?”

It can be negotiated in limited amounts and over vast number of years. So I say yes, why should these workers who are already making vast sums more than the average worker get a 50% pay raise and guarantees of no automation? They aren’t protecting their jobs, they are trying to protect the next two generations of their kids and Grandkids as nepotism is rampant in the industry. Well too fricking bad IMO. All these costs drip down us peons in increased prices of imports. HELLO INFLATION!

[butterdezillion]

That’s what I think too. But if it is true that the management has offered them a 50% raise and that’s not good enough we’re gonna have big problems because I don’t see management being willing to give a huge raise AND commit to keep needing workers who will shake them down like this forever.

[griswold3]

The dock companies might bring in under Temporary Protected Status replacement dock workers.
Why wouldn’t they? This could become an emergency

[PeterPrinciple]

We used to produce so much food that the Dept. of Agriculture bought the excess and put it on barges to dump in the ocean.

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We used to have a 3 year reserve of corn, now if we don’t use the last bushel of old corn the day the new corn came in, we messed up.

Do you see a problem?

[MinorityRepublican]

I recognize that the Unions do take advantage. And sometimes they are corrupt. Cars manufactured by UAW is crap. So that's evidence right there.

But it's going to be a problem if we have a bunch of corporations controlling everything (think of guys like Zuck and Bezos). This is where we need Unions. Even if they may be SOBs.

[eyedigress]

I recall my grandfather telling me about this.

He was in Everett, WA back in the day.