[Thebaddog]

Dop these jumokes really make $100,000 on the average? And what is the issue with bar codes again?

[Enterprise]

I had heard that they make something like 100,000 a year and work about 4 hours a day. Also, many of the containers are not bar coded so there is no true way to track them. Naturally, I wonder if organized crime gets tipped off to the containers which have extremely valuable contents which don't happen to be bar coded.

[Texas_Jarhead]

you are correct. avg salary is $106,000 PLUS a benefits package valued at $40,000 that would make a congressman jealous (no copay on anything) PLUS a day off to commerorate their marxist union founder PLUS a day off to commemorate two workers killed in a strike long ago.

the issue, apparently, is that the workers don't want to allow the incorporation of new technology for fear of losing some jobs due to better efficiency.

Two other thoughts:
1) dock workers unions have been known in the past to have ties to the mob and allow and/or enable them to steal cargo.
2) without incorporating new technology then employers will suffer by lagging behind other companies that innovate. If competitors can provide a better value added service (most non-union employers do IMO) then that could mean the demise of the union employer.