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The head of the is a supporter who wants to cripple the country to get Trump elected.

This is head , strong trump supporter, who already said he would cripple the economy: “I will cripple you.”

The first October surprise from Trump. The port workers strike will try to paint President Biden as anti-union. Trump & Daggett are friends, the same age & were both from Queens, New York.

Trump supporter & ILA head Harold Daggett: “I will cripple you.”

To be abundantly clear, they were offered a 50% raise BEFORE they went on .

From the WSJ:

The Profane 78-Year-Old Leading the Strike

‘They won’t be able to do anything in this country without my people,’ port chief says in setting *audacious targets* in a coastwide

Harold Daggett stood in front of the closed gates at the Port of New York & New Jersey just after midnight Tues & delivered a battle cry to hundreds of members of his that represents from Maine to Texas.

“We’re going to show these greedy bastards you can’t survive without us!” Daggett shouted to cheers from the crowd in a speech filled w/profanities & warnings about the threats automation poses to workers.

[listen, if he actually were doing this for the , fine. But he’s not. He just wants the country to blame & for a downturn in the economy so gets elected]


wsj.com/articles/harold-dagget

Images of the President of the ’s meeting w/ circulated on socialmedia as the went on strike Tues.
The images are pulled from a July post on the union's website where union President asked for members to "pray" for Trump in the wake of the assassination attempt in PA.
In the post Daggett recalled a 2023 meeting w/ Trump where the fmr president appeared to express support for the .

usatoday.com/story/news/politi

USA TODAY · Why an old photo of Trump, Longshoreman's president returned to prominence with strikeBy , USA TODAY

, the boss behind port makes over $900K a year, owns a yacht, drives a Bentley — & has alleged ties to the Mafia.

— has worked at the for 57 years & took the helm as president in 2011 — raked in $728,000 in compensation last year from the ILA.

He collected another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch, acc/to labor department filings.

He lives in a 7,136 square-foot house valued at $1.7 million on a 10-acre lot in Sparta, New Jersey, acc/to Zillow & NJ Property Records.

By comparison, his fellow bosses at the -CIO, & earn less than $300,000 a year, acc/to a Politico report.

formerly owned the Obsession – a 76’ yacht – & was seen zipping around in a Bentley, acc/to The NYT.

In 2005, Bush’s Department accused Daggett of being an “associate” of the Genovese crime family – one of the “Five Families” of the US .

took the witness stand that year after federal prosecutors charged him w/ .

He described himself as a target of the – though a turncoat member had testified Daggett was under the mob’s thumb, The New York Times reported.


nytimes.com/2005/11/09/nyregio

The New York Times · Three Longshoremen Not Guilty of Fraud and Other ChargesBy William K. Rashbaum

During the course of the trial, one of Daggett’s co-defendants – Lawrence Ricci, an alleged major figure – disappeared. His body was found weeks later decomposing in the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner.

Daggett was acquitted in 2 cases – even though the famous black-and-white mob movie “On the Waterfront” was inspired by his ’s .

Nonilex

Over the years, has bad-mouthed the – a agency that was formed following the movie & created to prevent among New York & New Jersey .

Daggett called the commission’s accusations of ties “total bulls–t” & a “dark, ugly attack on Italian Americans.”

Now, he’s using his trademark aggression to fight suppliers, govt agencies & even President on the strikes – which will cause logjams & could cost the billions each day, according to JP Morgan.

Retailers, auto suppliers & produce importers had hoped Biden would impose the federal Act, which allows US presidents to enact an 80-day cooling-off period that forces employees to return to work during certain labor disputes.

But those hopes were swept away when said that he does not believe in .

had mocked the idea during an interview in early September [see above].

“Do you think when I go back for 90 days those men are gonna go to work on that pier?” Daggett said.

is third generation member, his father & namesake, Harold Daggett, Sr., who worked in the ILA industry for 57 years.

So this guy is totally “On the Waterfront” legacy, the mafia always keeps it in the family.

@Nonilex
We have been through strike-related disruptions before. The West Coast unions struck a few years ago to get decent pay and treatment. We all lived.

Now the East Coast unions are striking for the same pay as the west coast gets, improved health and disability benefits, no automating jobs away, and no invasive workplace surveillance.

latimes.com/business/story/202

Los Angeles Times · Striking dock workers shut down ports on east coast of the U.S.By Don Lee

@Nonilex
Appreciate you getting all this information out! It's important for people to see the truth about what is going on, who these guys really are and who they are attempting to benefit.