Has anyone been keeping up on this? It became official as of yesterday. 47 thousand port workers from Maine to Texas are on strike. The top port workers make $39.00 an hour. They want a $5.00 an hour raise, every year, over the next 6 years. They want the company to triple the contribution to their retirement funds over the next 6 years. On top of that, they are demanding assurance their jobs will not be replaced by AI. The strike will impact the entire country. What they are demanding sounds excessive to me. The company made them a nice counter offer and they turned it down. Biden has consistently come in on the side of labor in such disputes. This strike and all they are holding out for sounds more like a hostage situation. If they receive the 10% annual raise increase and the tripled contribution to their retirement, the consumer will end up bearing the burden. If you aren't pleased with the prices we are paying now, imagine how it will be with the impact of something like this. I'd be interested to hear others thoughts on the subject.
