The longshoreman boss promises that his 45,000-worker strike will “cripple” the country. He makes his threat in a creepy video. Thing is, he’s right that his workers’ strike will put the country’s economy on the ropes again — just in time for an election, hurricane clean-up, and Christmas.
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Indeed, as Rick reports, the International Longshoreman Association’s (ILA) members demand a 77% increase over the six-year life of the contract. So far, they have a 50% increase on the table from the consortium of companies, port bosses, and merchant groups. They don’t want further automation at the ports, which, of course, puts the country on the ropes at the end of every union contract.
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The union boss, ILA president Harold Daggett, warned in a
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