[Paulus Invictus]

The Union says it's not about money. It's about their resisting new technology that would make our ports competitive with those in other countries. It's all about computers and systems that would impact them--poor guys! How many of you make from $80 to $150K per year? They do.

The Union was once known on the coast as controlled by the Commies. Now it's the RAT union leaders.

[discostu]

Thanks I forgot there were computers involved.

See Eye, these guys are arguably costing YOU a job. By deliberatly slowing the expansion of technology into new areas they're preventing the re-expansion/recovery of the tech industry, which is keeping unemployed programmers (like you) unemployed. More use of tech = more tech jobs. Less use of tech = less tech jobs. They are directly and negatively impacting our industry.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Well said.

I hope for the sake of our economy this ends, and soon. Perhaps this is all a HUGE plan by the "DemocRATS" to plunge the economy into chaos right before the election. I honestly believe there is more to this than is being told.

Why now? Elections are in November which isn't a "co-incidence" in my humble opinion. The Dems are so desperate, and we've watched that desperation playing out for quite some time now in all the rhetoric coming from Dashcle and company. This is just MORE of it. (Besides the very well put points you made too of course) Just some more food for thought.

FRegards!!

[cuteone]

It's about bar coding for the purpose of tracking. This is what enables UPS and FEDX to give that speediy overnight service. They know where everything is every minute of the day and night. Unions don't want the automation...they want union members doing this (as usual) or getting paid for not doing it ... just standing there watching. BUT THE REAL BUGABOO IS stealing. Longshoremen may make $100.000.00 a year but that VERY lucrative side line of selling stolen goods...bikes, TV sets, watches, tools, etc. really rolls up the TAX FEE DOUGH. Thirty years or so back they went on strike when shippers started using containerize cargo....for the same reason. They said it was a perk. They viewed it as part of their pay and openly said so.