International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett pushed back against concerns on the impacts his labor union’s port strike could have on the U.S. economy, claiming people “never gave a s*** about us” until the strike started.
ILA members went on strike at midnight after the union was unable to reach a new deal with the United States Maritime Alliance, impacting 36 ports along the East and Gulf coasts. Daggett was asked if he was worried about farmers and consumers being hit by shortages the strike could cause, to which he responded that those people are “starting to realize who the longshoremen are.”
“People never gave a s*** about us until now, when they finally realize that the chain is being broke now,” Daggett said in
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