Posted on 10/08/2024 4:38:41 AM PDT by MtnClimber
This strike isn’t over. It’s just delayed until after the election, so it doesn’t hurt the Democratic party at the polls.
We have been told many things about the longshoremen’s strike over the past week. Most of the reporting has been in half-truths, at best – possibly because the press doesn’t know any better (the operations of our seaports are an admittedly obscure area of specialization), or possibly because the press doesn’t want to share information so damning to the side they instinctively favor.
Here are just a few of the misleading statements thrown at us in the past week:
1: “The strike is over!”
Well, now, that’s just a lie. The longshoremen voted to give their union bosses the power to declare a strike at midnight on Oct. 1, and they went on strike at 12:01a.m. The optics were awful, especially timing it mere hours after a devastating hurricane hit, and just a month out from a presidential election. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) suspended the strike after three days, not as a gesture of good faith, but to postpone it until after the election, when it might be easier for the Biden-Harris regime to resist the natural public pressure to support the American people rather than a few union bosses.
This strike isn’t over. It’s just delayed until after the election, so it doesn’t hurt the Democratic party at the polls.
2: “This strike is between the workers and management.”
All strikes are between employees and employers, aren’t they? Well, not necessarily.
We think of strikes as being intra-factory things, don’t we? The workers at a factory shut down the factory for a while. The typical strike is a closed set, not really affecting the general public. This is never completely right, but at least it’s closer to the truth
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The port strike is against the US citizens. Inflation will jump again even though so many cannot afford current prices. This should be the signal that ports need to be automated so the economy cannot be shut down by extortionists.
Watching that thug Harold Daggett openly threaten Americans filled me with a furious, hot anger.
I think the best way to handle this is to pay them what they demand, get them back to work, and then completely automate them out of existence, if that is who they choose as a leader.
You had better stock up on essentials. Costco had a sign up they were out of paper towels. They finally got their brand in but were out of Bounty. And this is after strike was suspended.
Observing the behavior of Americans in situations like this is like watching a dog take an IQ test.
Just like gas being down for now, watch it go back up regardless of who wins November.
They do not want to choke off relief supplies coming from China into areas destroyed by water and landslides
Reports of a 77% pay increase and curbs on automation don’t enhance the longshoremen’s position.
And look at the jokr of an employment report. That report showed over 200K jobs added. This was the “seasonally adjusted” number. Before the seasonal adjustment the data showed a 400K drop in employment.
“so it doesn’t hurt the Democratic party at the polls.”
Surely, everyone can see that.
“You had better stock up on essentials. Costco had a sign up they were out of paper towels.”
I saw folks at Costco buying pallets of toilet paper and paper towels. When the strike was declared over, they tried to return them, but Costco would not return them. I saw a pic with a very long line of people trying to return paper goods. It cracked me up! People and their priorities! Did no one learn from 2020? Get a bidet attachment for your toilet and those worries will be gone forever. Seriously, walking out of Costco with a pallet of TP is not a good look.
We're gonna automate your a**** out of there.
Fixed it a little.
No, give in and then put up a 20% ACROSS THE BOARD IMPORT TARIFF.
Thanks Free Traitors™.
Paper products are made in the USA or Canada. Very little comes thru sea ports of entry.
Why not do both?
:)
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