Peter Riley<p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/10/longshoremen-strike-ila-usmx-wages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2024/10/longshorem</span><span class="invisible">en-strike-ila-usmx-wages</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longshoremen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labormovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a></p>
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ZNet (unofficial)<p>East and Gulf Coast <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> suspended their strike after securing a tentative agreement with shipping companies, which includes a 62% wage increase over six years, reflecting a hard-fought struggle against corporate greed.</p><p>This is a significant victory for the dockworkers and a testament to the power of collective action.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collectiveaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collectiveaction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/dockworkers-suspend-strike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/dockwork</span><span class="invisible">ers-suspend-strike</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As I have said, this is about fairness – & our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> works best when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workers</span></a> share in record <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>profits</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dockworkers</span></a> deserve a fair share for their hard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>work</span></a> getting essential goods out to communities across America.</p><p>— <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ports</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Statement by VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> Agreement</p><p>Tonight the International <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a>’s Association & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maritime</span></a> Alliance came together to reach a tentative agreement that reopens the East Coast & Gulf <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ports</span></a>, & I want to applaud all involved for their efforts. This step indicates progress toward a strong <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contract" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contract</span></a> & represents the power of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/03/statement-by-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-ila-and-usmx-agreement/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s</span><span class="invisible">tatements-releases/2024/10/03/statement-by-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-ila-and-usmx-agreement/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'Causing heads to explode': Alarms sound as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProTrump</span></a> union leader accused of '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sabotage</span></a>'</p><p>Story by Matthew Chapman<br>October 3, 2024</p><p>"Political observers and experts are raising alarms about the International <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Longshoreman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longshoreman</span></a>'s Association union strike, which has seen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> suspend their duties unloading cargo at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts — speculating whether the head of the union is attempting economic sabotage in favor of former President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a>, the key guild of maritime employers, offered the ILA upwards of 60 percent salary increases in their new contracts. The ILA, however, is demanding even higher increases, as well as the continuation of exorbitant fees to handle shipping containers — a practice so expensive, according to maritime journalist John Konrad, that U.S. ports frequently ship freight over roads hundreds of miles at ten times the expense to consumers rather than transport containers onto secondary barges at a fraction of the price to consumers — as well as a total ban on any new technology to automate ports, which industry experts have warned could destroy the competitiveness of U.S. shipping.</p><p>"The extreme nature of the demands has caused speculation among observers that the whole thing might be a ploy to get Trump elected."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/causing-heads-to-explode-alarms-sound-as-pro-trump-union-leader-accused-of-sabotage/ar-AA1rEiSc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ca</span><span class="invisible">using-heads-to-explode-alarms-sound-as-pro-trump-union-leader-accused-of-sabotage/ar-AA1rEiSc</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaroldDaggett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldDaggett</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LongshoremenStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongshoremenStrike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpAllies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAllies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalSabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalSabotage</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a> agree to suspend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strike</span></a>, reopen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ports</span></a> <br />
Striking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> reached a tentative agreement w/port operators on Thurs for a 62% wage increase & have extended their contract through Jan 15 to bargain over remaining issues.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/03/port-strike-over/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/03/port-strike-over/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike </p><p>Joe Biden has urged port operators to give workers a “meaningful increase” in pay after tens of thousands went on strike, <br>prompting some of the busiest ports in the US to brace for crippling disruption.</p><p>About 45,000 port workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) began walking off the job after their contracts expired at midnight, <br>with 36 ports along the east and Gulf coasts affected. <br>They typically handle about half of the nation’s ocean shipping.</p><p>Talks over a new contract between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, <br>and the union dismissed a last-ditch offer from operators hours before the strike was due to began.</p><p>Hours after the strike began, the White House issued a robust statement calling on USMX to negotiate a “fair” contract that reflects “the substantial contribution” of ports workers to America’s economy.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/us-port-workers-strike-ila-union?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/01/us-port-workers-strike-ila-union?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>David</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adam</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Ports-strike CEO’s crude attacks on Biden and Democrats </p><p>An executive representing ports where tens of thousands of workers went on strike this week <br>made a series of critical and crude remarks about Joe Biden, <br>tied Kamala Harris to concerns about over-taxation, <br>and appeared to endorse a rightwing conspiracy theory.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>David</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adam</span></a>, chairman and chief executive of the United States Maritime Alliance ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a> ), <br>👉attacked prominent Democrats in a string of social media posts uncovered by the Guardian.</p><p>It comes after about 45,000 dockworkers at ports along the US east and Gulf coasts walked off the job <br>– the first such strike since 1977 <br>– as part of a dispute between the USMX and the International Longshoremen’s Association over pay and automation.</p><p>The sweeping strike, <br>disrupting 36 ports from Maine to Texas, <br>has already raised fears of supply shortages and price increases on the eve of November’s election.</p><p>A month ago, when a LinkedIn user suggested that “everything Biden has touched in the past is turning to shit!” -- Adam replied: “The runny kind….”<br>It was part of a discussion about how Biden’s student-debt relief plan was being held up in the courts. </p><p>In another comment on the thread, Adam wrote: “If ya can’t get an American Democrat to pay what they borrrowed [sic], how you gonna get a California illegal immigrant to pay back their $150K loan the CA Dems are offering?”</p><p>Three months ago, another user appeared to endorse a popular conspiracy theory surrounding the emergence of a totalitarian world government while commenting on a video of Biden discussing immigration. -- “Did I miss the vote America took in agreement of One World Order? Treasonous actions have consequences!” they wrote.<br>“I think Kerry and Gates voted two thumbs up on that a few years ago …” Adam replied.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/03/port-strike-usmx-biden-democrats?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">oct/03/port-strike-usmx-biden-democrats?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dockworkers</span></a> striking from Texas to Maine. The first work stoppage on <a href="https://c.im/tags/GulfCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfCoast</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/EasternSeaboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EasternSeaboard</span></a> since 1977, after impasse in <a href="https://c.im/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negotiations</span></a> between <a href="https://c.im/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a> (ILA) and <a href="https://c.im/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a>, the powerful <a href="https://c.im/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShippingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShippingIndustry</span></a> trade group. </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/port-strike-east-and-gulf-coast-dockworkers-international-longshoremens-association/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/port-strike-e</span><span class="invisible">ast-and-gulf-coast-dockworkers-international-longshoremens-association/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The Ocean Carriers represented by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> want to enjoy rich billion-dollar profits that they are making in 2024, while they offer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LongshoreWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LongshoreWorkers</span></a> an unacceptable wage package that we reject,” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a> said earlier Monday.<br />
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> said in a statement Monday that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin ofcls had met w/both sides & had been “working around-the-clock” over the weekend to avert a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strike</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> Maritime Alliance (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a>), which represents the companies, said Mon just hours before a midnight deadline that negotiators had traded proposals in recent days & that it was offering 50% raises. The alliance said it was seeking a contract extension to allow talks to continue. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a>, which represents 47k workers, did not respond publicly to the operators’ 11th-hour offer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labor</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strike</span></a> will cause immediate disruptions at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ports</span></a> that handle >½ of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trade</span></a> in cargo containers. The effects are expected to ripple through the country, costing hundreds of millions of dollars a day or more & getting worse each day the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>longshoremen</span></a> remain off the job.
It was unclear early Tues what the next steps might be in resolving the dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a>) & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shippers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shippers</span></a> & port operators.
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Port" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Port</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strike</span></a> freezes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shipping</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EastCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EastCoast</span></a><br />
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longshoremen</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a> walkout follows last-minute efforts by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> to avert a strike.
Tens of thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dockworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dockworkers</span></a> launched a strike at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ports</span></a> along the East Coast & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> on Tues, stranding stacks of shipping containers on docks & idling ships outside harbors in a threat to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> just 5 weeks before the election.
<br /><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/longshoremen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>longshoremen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USMX</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labor</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/01/port-strike-shutdown-east-coast-dockworkers-union/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/01/port-strike-shutdown-east-coast-dockworkers-union/</span></a></p>
John<p>Longshoremen: It’s disgraceful foreign-owned companies make their billion-dollar profits off backs of workers, and take those earnings out of this country into pockets of foreign conglomerates</p><p><a href="https://ilaunion.org/ila-update-monday-september-30-2024-at-11-am/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ilaunion.org/ila-update-monday</span><span class="invisible">-september-30-2024-at-11-am/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/strikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strikes</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILA</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USMX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMX</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a></p>
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