You raise a valid point. But what are the long shoremen to do about it? They can't control what the companies are charging. They are working stiffs, like most of us, trying to get by. None of it matters for the time being anyway. After DeSantis announced he'd bring in the National Guard to make sure freight was moving, even with them helping unload, the union agreed to suspend the strike until January. Sounds like someone in the White House asked the the union boss to stand down until the election is over. How this turns out will be telling.