The Port Strike Could Destroy Trucking - 9/18/2024

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  1. Diesel Dave

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    I wonder if the other ports like in the West Coast are going to back them up, not that I care.
     
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  3. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    1) I don't know how much a union worker on strike would receive from a strike fund. HOPEFULLY, the unionized workers have income set aside, should a strike occur, no telling how long it could last.
    2) Me personally, I am not in a labor union. For years, I have had emergency money set aside in case I ever got laid off or terminated from a job. Afterwards, I would immediately go out and look for another job. The longer one is out of work, the longer it takes to find another job.

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

    The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.
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    Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, every night, all year round.
     
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  4. gentleroger

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    There is a reason strike activity has been up over the last 7 years. It's the same reason why corporations are lobbying both state/federal governments and weaponizing the courts to curtail the ability of workers to strike.

    Strikes work.
     
  5. Tb0n3

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    Corporate profits at an all-time high. Sorry we don't have enough money to give you a raise.
     
  6. hope not dumb twucker

    hope not dumb twucker Road Train Member

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    Funny how it works like that. Money for meee not for theeee
     
  7. RockinChair

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    The irony of that statement...
     
  8. RockinChair

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    Source citation needed.
     
  9. Judge

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    Do it!!
    I don’t think they will.

    Takes couple weeks off, it’ll straight everything up, look what the covid shut down did.
    I worked every friggen day.
    I haven’t gotten a raise since 2014.
     
  10. runningman0661

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    And unions are good for worthless lazy POS not pulling their weight and keeping their jobs also.
     
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  11. cuzzin it

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    UAW paid members $500 week, all they had to do is picket 4 hours a week. This is another stong unionand is likely to be that good or better
     
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