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TIL: 1. US/Gulf dockworkers have a different union than West coast. 2. West Cost makes more. 3. Striking union wants 77% raise, were offered 50%

Posted by ty97 Oct 3 '24, 09:24

That 77% would be over six years.

They also want promises that they won't have their jobs displaced by automation.

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anyway . . . season 2 of The Wire is actually the best season -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 10:51
Did I see correctly that the 77% would bring wage parity with the west coast union guys? -- nm - decline Oct 3, 09:36 5
- "west coast union gays" - prayformojo Oct 3, 09:54
- the west coast workers also conceded some of the automation asks that the shippers wanted, is my understanding -- nm - mr mooch Oct 3, 09:49
- Though is there cost of living parity too? -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 09:37 2
  - Varies. This union represents dockworkers in Boston and NYC/Newark, but also in the South in cities like Mobile. -- nm* - ty97 Oct 3, 09:59
  - I think the west coast ports are in Los Angeles so I don't think there's any real difference in cost of living. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 09:41
~13% per year. Depending on what their previous years raises have been they may be making up for lost time -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 09:29 1
- Yeah, a key piece missing for me is what their past raises have been. Are they trying to 'catch up'? -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 10:00
It is hard for me to wrap my brain around 77% but the fear of job displacement is very real. -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 3, 09:25

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