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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
66. Oh, so a strike at two ports is going to starve 1.4 million people?
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Dec 2012

Got a link to back up that claim?

Horrors. Slowing down iPhone deliveries. Downwinder Dec 2012 #1
OH NOES! WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE HOLIDAYS!!! Earth_First Dec 2012 #2
This could lead to some great sales in January and February. FarCenter Dec 2012 #5
It's the war on Christmas texshelters Dec 2012 #10
Not that Hostess gave a shit. PatrynXX Dec 2012 #41
Solidarity with the strikers! Hoping this hurts Walmart as well! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #3
Absolutely!! Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2012 #80
K&R Now let's see some sympathy strikes. Workers must unite. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #4
usually the strikers PatrynXX Dec 2012 #44
Are you going to show your support by striking? Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #84
Unfortunately, there was a trucker interviewed jerseyjack Dec 2012 #6
Short term pain, long term gain TalkingDog Dec 2012 #8
woulda taken a pay cut PatrynXX Dec 2012 #46
So...... Phlem Dec 2012 #9
So why don't these truckers apply some pressure sdfernando Dec 2012 #15
Hmmm 2naSalit Dec 2012 #20
Cargo ships stack up as Los Angeles port strike in seventh day FarCenter Dec 2012 #29
And near the end of the article 2naSalit Dec 2012 #63
Remember that companies will try to pit workers against workers. Left Coast2020 Dec 2012 #75
One Big Union Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2012 #81
Do you know anything about the years-long struggle the Longshoremen have been having sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #16
He needs to suck it up! backscatter712 Dec 2012 #26
Did they ask if he's a Teamster? I'm betting not. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #43
Then he should join the strikers RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #59
yes, it is a win for everyone pasto76 Dec 2012 #62
Where would we be without our retail/service folk? Wouldn't it be interesting if WalMart's libdem4life Dec 2012 #7
My daughter is down there looking for work... liberalmuse Dec 2012 #11
yay! solidarity! NuttyFluffers Dec 2012 #12
So.......... mt_big_blue_sky Dec 2012 #13
Read somewhere GP6971 Dec 2012 #31
Precisely Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #76
Du rec. Nt xchrom Dec 2012 #14
I always stand by the Longshoremen ReRe Dec 2012 #17
Thank you ReRe Ya Basta Dec 2012 #21
My grandfather was a longshoreman in Long Beach, CA. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #35
Solidarity my brother! Ya Basta Dec 2012 #40
Many of the males on my mother's side were longshoremen: Port of Baltimore byeya Dec 2012 #27
This shut-down also slows/stops basic supplies to Hawaii. RC Dec 2012 #18
If Hawaiians want better wages and working conditions, I suggest they suck it up! n/t backscatter712 Dec 2012 #28
I take it you have never been there. RC Dec 2012 #51
I can accept collateral damage. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #60
Such empathy for over 1.4 million people. RC Dec 2012 #65
Oh, so a strike at two ports is going to starve 1.4 million people? backscatter712 Dec 2012 #66
Those two ports are th majority of trade to Hawaii nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #70
And this shipping can't detour through other ports? backscatter712 Dec 2012 #71
Nope, as I said, it has to do with Matson nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #72
There was a time when dems would see that as pro-labor leverage HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #78
Blame the managers wickerwoman Dec 2012 #69
Hawaii is pretty self reliant nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #73
Yeah, that is the reality with strikes...there is pain Spike89 Dec 2012 #19
Great post. woo me with science Dec 2012 #22
+100 Ya Basta Dec 2012 #23
Oh, for the ability to rec replies! Scootaloo Dec 2012 #36
Preach it brother !! I like it ! BlueJazz Dec 2012 #37
Absolutely correct. I am from a union family. juajen Dec 2012 #45
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #55
Yeah, that nails it. Nice post. n/t SomeGuyInEagan Dec 2012 #83
2.5 years without a Contract! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #24
Suck it up! It's high time workers united and stared demanding to be treated right. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #25
just wondering allinthegame Dec 2012 #30
What do you mean? I don't understand your question. closeupready Dec 2012 #32
I understand their question! SoapBox Dec 2012 #34
Do you have a link to that article? juajen Dec 2012 #47
I had to look for myself and found one Beaverhausen Dec 2012 #58
They are not striking over wages Teamster Jeff Dec 2012 #50
DO this poll on the strike!!!!!! SoapBox Dec 2012 #33
Now it's 52.36 blaming management, 47.64 blaming labor. lob1 Dec 2012 #53
Keeps growing. Like ballot counts. Downwinder Dec 2012 #57
Good time and place to strike. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #38
Sounds like there is good heat in the kitchen to me. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #39
K&R Teamster Jeff Dec 2012 #42
Most likely the clerical jobs are being automated FarCenter Dec 2012 #52
Solidarity. nt geckosfeet Dec 2012 #48
Kilo Romeo nt Agony Dec 2012 #49
Now, if they would only break precedent & ship necessities to Hawai'i Hekate Dec 2012 #54
"I'd think that anything that slows imports from the Far East would be a good thing" Riftaxe Dec 2012 #56
Maybe it will make some think opening up the steel plants again isn't all that crazy. Whovian Dec 2012 #61
These are mostly container ships, so it isn't bulk raw materials FarCenter Dec 2012 #64
Well, we know this strike is having an effect - the corporatist scabs have come out of the wordwork. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #67
Unions Yes! blackspade Dec 2012 #68
then to keep the goods flowing, management needs to up wages and/or benefits CreekDog Dec 2012 #74
The companies offered much higher wages and benefits OnlinePoker Dec 2012 #82
A nation wide strike is what is needed. This would be the perfect time for Hotler Dec 2012 #77
I agree with the nationwide strike, however... jonesgirl Dec 2012 #79
But I can't do without the latest cheap Chinese junk. Brigid Dec 2012 #87
Gawd I'm glad somebody kicked this for me to see. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #85
Giant Photos Of The Critical Ports In Southern California That Strikers Have Brought To Its Knees FarCenter Dec 2012 #86
An open letter to members of the SEIU 1021 who work at the Port of Oakland Catherina Dec 2012 #88
Kick for visibility........ socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #89
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