East and Gulf Coast Longshoremen Strike

[Flingarrows]

I was in the trades - IBEW 134, and IBEW 21 for close to 30 years. In my observation, about 10% of the workforce in construction trades are useless. The only recourse: send them back to the hall for some other unsuspecting contractor to draw from. I ran crews where I would call the office and tell them to get rid of the guy on my job. He would inevitably turn up again down the road on another call out from the hall.

Now, let’s switch to IBEW 21 Ameritech/SBC/at&t. Close to 30% were dead weight. I saw a guy get fired for surfing porn on his company laptop, get his job back, because they could not prove that he was actually in control of his laptop at the time the company spy software flagged the action. Mind you, laptops have AD and password complexity requirements. I have several equally ridiculous situations where people got their jobs back after getting fired.

I am on a withdrawal, and been on the sales engineering and sales side for about 9 or so years now.

Just my experience.

 

[Creedmoor]

Well other than wanting Creedmoors retirement checks and firecadets salary because they both seem huge....

I am pretty blessed too...don't tell anyone....I wanna keep my right **** and moan.

Lol.

 

[firecadet613]

Well other than wanting Creedmoors retirement checks and firecadets salary because they both seem huge....

I am pretty blessed too...don't tell anyone....I wanna keep my right **** and moan.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

But be careful, it's quite obvious many here do hate the game...

 

[foszoe]

Correct, they'd be salary with a free car.

Who wants to work their life away?

I agree...that's why that 250k number is an outlier

 

[Brad69]

I am now a union member!

I created my new union “the brotherhood of the retired”.
Your dues need to be paid on the 2nd of each month. Initial dues are $2000 paid over a year in installments.

Regular dues are $100 a month.

PM me for deposit information

 

[Magyars]

The Longshoreman’s America-threatening leader is a yacht-owning millionaire with allegedly unsavory connections

As of today, the International Longshoreman’s Association (“ILA”) is on strike at 45 ports along America’s eastern and southern shores. It is demanding a huge wage increase and the end of automation. Harold Daggett, the ILA&rs...

www.americanthinker.com

 

[foszoe]

I think Biden not interfering is his last best revenge

 

[red_zr24x4]

I am now a union member!

I created my new union “the brotherhood of the retired”.
Your dues need to be paid on the 2nd of each month. Initial dues are $2000 paid over a year in installments.

Regular dues are $100 a month.

PM me for deposit information

Glad my dues aren't that much a month, what's the benefits package consist of?

 

[patience0830]

He's head of what 45,000 workers, what would he make being CEO of a private company with that many employees?

Seems a bit short on his income.

And idiotically cocky in his attitude.

 

[patience0830]

Not once did I call you a communist, not sure how you guys do that stuff, it rains and you don't get paid.

I called him(well not him specifically) a communist and I should apologize for that. But communists were the instigators of unions at their beginnings and they were not doing it simply to benefit the workers. They wanted to take over the country.

 

[red_zr24x4]

I called him(well not him specifically) a communist and I should apologize for that. But communists were the instigators of unions at their beginnings and they were not doing it simply to benefit the workers. They wanted to take over the country.

Apologies accepted
It wasn't just you saying it, like a bunch of us posted, 90% or more of union guys I've met in about 6 states are conservatives

 

[Creedmoor]

I am now a union member!

I created my new union “the brotherhood of the retired”.
Your dues need to be paid on the 2nd of each month. Initial dues are $2000 paid over a year in installments.

Regular dues are $100 a month.

PM me for deposit information

LOL.
That's cheap. Dues for the indy elevator Local #34 for a Mechanic are $816.00 a quarter.

 

[Creedmoor]

I called him(well not him specifically) a communist and I should apologize for that. But communists were the instigators of unions at their beginnings and they were not doing it simply to benefit the workers. They wanted to take over the country.

I'm not to sure that Communist China has Labor Unions.

 

[patience0830]

I'm not to sure that Communist China has Labor Unions.

No. They have union gubmint. Top dogs get paid the most. Everybody else gets to fall in line.

 

[Brad69]

Glad my dues aren't that much a month, what's the benefits package consist of?

The benefits of the union.
1. Early bird discounts at Golden Corral
2. Free scooters at walmart
3. Tons of AARP stuff in your mail box
4. Aches and pains
5. Short term memory loss
6. Social Security at age 62 to 67
7. Increased Medical visits

 

[Creedmoor]

The benefits of the union.
1. Early bird discounts at Golden Corral
2. Free scooters at walmart
3. Tons of AARP stuff in your mail box
4. Aches and pains
5. Short term memory loss
6. Social Security at age 62 to 67
7. Increased Medical visits

Wait.... tell me more about the early bird discounts????

That's BS that you guys get that., I'll be calling my International after 9 this morning...

 

[Creedmoor]

No. They have union gubmint. Top dogs get paid the most. Everybody else gets to fall in line.

Sounds like the private non union employment to me.

What perks do the Waltons give its workers?

 

[patience0830]

Sounds like the private non union employment to me.

What perks do the Waltons give its workers?

Go sign up as a greeter and find out.

 

[Creedmoor]

Go sign up as a greeter and find out.

You forget my girl was a People Lead ( HR )
At Muncie North for a few years.
A few people here know her.
I'm well aware of what the Waltons give and don't give it's Management and it's associates.
I not a smart man, but I can do simple math. I'll take my Union pay & benefits over what the Waltons give.

 

[patience0830]

You forget my girl was a People Lead ( HR )
At Muncie North for a few years.
A few people here know her.
I'm well aware of what the Waltons give and don't give it's Management and it's associates.
I not a smart man, but I can do simple math. I'll take my Union pay & benefits over what the Waltons give.

Truck drivers do quite a bit better than avg associates. Mgrs can make more depending on the store and their abilities. I've had opportunity at union trucking jobs but just can't bring myself to screw the rest of society by driving up the cost of goods and services to benefit myself. Sounds too much like government fiscal policy.