[janetgreen]

What foreign shipping companies pay American workers is peanuts compared to their profits. I don't feel sorry for them, they can afford it. The longshoremen want to work, they are waiting to return to their jobs. It's the greedy foreign companies who are trying to eliminate American jobs. Why would you favor foreign companies over American workers?

[sinkspur]

What foreign shipping companies pay American workers is peanuts compared to their profits. I don't feel sorry for them, they can afford it.

You are obsessed with the profits of companies. If companies weren't profitable, they couldn't pay these mugs $80,000 a year to operate a crane.

Why would you favor foreign companies over American workers?

I don't favor either. I want low-priced goods, and anything that will lower costs is a good thing.

Unions don't want to lower costs; they want to increase them, which is why I'm basically opposed to labor unions.

[eno_]

Why would you favor foreign companies over American workers?

Because I'm a shareholder. Those unions are stealing from my kids' college fund. TANSTAAFL.

[KAUAIBOUND]

The largest shipping company in Hawaii (with facilities on the West Coast) is Matson. Matson is owned by Alexander and Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX), the Hawaii-based holding company. The only thing foreign about Matson is the founder (Matson) was a Swede by birth, and has been dead for 70 years. The average longshoreman in Hawaii makes $80k per year for four-hour workday. The union is 100% wrong.