$24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service. That isn’t bad money for what they do.
"...Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. That rose to $24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service.
The union is demanding a 77% raise over six years, or the equivalent of a $5 increase per hour for each year of the contract. Under the union's proposal, workers would make $44 for the first year of the contract, $49 for the second and up to $69 in its final year. .."
I am not familiar with the kind of work longshoremen do.
Anyone here familiar with the jobs?
I worked with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Those guys were making unbelievable money. I admit I don’t know what their salaries were, and I have been retired for over ten years, but their work conditions exacerbated their salaries. If I recall correctly, when they went to work, if there wasn’t enough to fulfill their day, they would go home on the clock until they were needed to complete their shift. The job was so lucrative It was said you couldn’t become a union member unless you were sanctioned by a union member, so they kept the jobs in their families.