#Longshoremen #Union #Labor #Strike #Agitprop #Doorway #Architecture #FishermansWharf #NorthBeach #SanFrancisco
U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy.
In Nov.1949 #longshoremen refused to load two ships bound for #colonial Indochina, which was fighting for independence. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1949, #dockworkers agreed to block all such cargo from seven French ports in the Mediterranean. #Solidarity against imperialism, always.
A push for new automation may be redirected to the workers’ well-being. Funneling must be done by workers actively involved. Here is a win: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/yes-the-striking-dockworkers-were
Two OCU Law students have inspired a blog post about two union actions, the International Longshoremen's Association's averted (for now) strike, and the Boeing machinists' strike, which is ongoing.
#law #contracts #unions #strike #Boeing #Longshoremen #OCULaw
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2024/10/strike-news.html
As I have said, this is about fairness – & our #economy works best when #workers share in record #profits. #Dockworkers deserve a fair share for their hard #work getting essential goods out to communities across America.
Statement by VP #KamalaHarris on #ILA & #USMX Agreement
Tonight the International #Longshoremen’s Association & the #UnitedStates #Maritime Alliance came together to reach a tentative agreement that reopens the East Coast & Gulf #ports, & I want to applaud all involved for their efforts. This step indicates progress toward a strong #contract & represents the power of #CollectiveBargaining.
#unions #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/03/statement-by-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-ila-and-usmx-agreement/
Between today’s #jobs report & yesterday’s deal to end the #longshoremen #ILA #strike, things are looking up for the #economy & #KamalaHarris!
[if only by taking away 2 BS talking points from the #RightWing #media & #MAGA folks]
#Longshoremen agree to suspend #strike, reopen #ports
Striking #dockworkers 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.
#ILA #USMX #union #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/03/port-strike-over/
US #port #strike to END! after operators reach tentative #deal with #dockworkers for 62% raise
Striking US dock workers & port operators have reached a tentative #agreement for a #wage hike of around 62% that will end a 3-day strike, a source familiar w/the matter said.
Port work could resume as soon as Thurs
evening! the person said.
#Longshoremen #ILA #union #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ship-queue-grows-us-ports-dockworker-strike-enters-third-day-2024-10-03/
#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.
#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-strike-chaos-costs-starting-to-rise.html
Why now? Why strike now?
..and what IS the relationship between ILA Leader Harald Daggett & Donald Trump?
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Michael Steele asks this question on Morning Joe today, October 3, 2024, Thursday
[Trade Winds]: Who is Harald Daggett, the F-bomb-dropping union leader who has threatened to ‘cripple’ America?
#HaroldDaggett is third generation #ILA 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.
But those hopes were swept away when #Biden said that he does not believe in #TaftHartley.
#HaroldDaggett 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.
Now, he’s using his trademark aggression to fight suppliers, govt agencies & even President #Biden on the strikes – which will cause #supplychain logjams & could cost the #economy billions each day, according to JP Morgan.
Retailers, auto suppliers & produce importers had hoped Biden would impose the federal #TaftHartley Act, which allows US presidents to enact an 80-day cooling-off period that forces employees to return to work during certain labor disputes.
#HaroldDaggett’s sons — Dennis & John — reportedly earn similarly cushy salaries in their roles at the #union.
Dennis, the executive vice president of the #ILA, earned $250,156 in the fiscal year ended December 2022, acc/to ProPublica. John, the general vice president of the Atlantic Coast District ILA, reportedly earned $264,228 in the same period.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/135623897
Over the years, #HaroldDaggett has bad-mouthed the #WaterfrontCommission – a #regulatory agency that was formed following the movie & created to prevent #corruption among New York & New Jersey #ports.
Daggett called the commission’s accusations of #mob ties “total bulls–t” & a “dark, ugly attack on Italian Americans.”
During the course of the trial, one of Daggett’s co-defendants – Lawrence Ricci, an alleged major #mob 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 #longshoremen’s #union.
#HaroldDaggett took the witness stand that year after federal prosecutors charged him w/ #racketeering.
He described himself as a target of the #mob – though a turncoat #Mafia member had testified Daggett was under the mob’s thumb, The New York Times reported.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/nyregion/three-longshoremen-not-guilty-of-fraud-and-other-charges.html