FAFO 2024: Stevedore Edition

[Eacaraxe]

Y'all remember a while back when I said shit was about to go down with regards to the economy in an election year?

Well, here we go!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-east-coast-dockworkers-head-toward-strike-after-deal-deadline-passes-2024-10-01/

Looks like the Teamsters and AFL-CIO found their balls again after the railway fiasco two years ago:

Teamsters Stand With The International Longshoremen’s Association

(WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on the failure of the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to

teamster.org

AFL-CIO President Warns House Republicans Against Interfering in Longshoremen’s Fight for a Fair Contract | AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: “The fight for a fair contract for longshoremen is the entire labor movement’s fight.”

aflcio.org

 

[Gergar12]

Y'all remember a while back when I said shit was about to go down with regards to the economy in an election year?

Well, here we go!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-east-coast-dockworkers-head-toward-strike-after-deal-deadline-passes-2024-10-01/

Looks like the Teamsters and AFL-CIO found their balls again after the railway fiasco two years ago:

Teamsters Stand With The International Longshoremen’s Association

(WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on the failure of the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to

teamster.org

AFL-CIO President Warns House Republicans Against Interfering in Longshoremen’s Fight for a Fair Contract | AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: “The fight for a fair contract for longshoremen is the entire labor movement’s fight.”

aflcio.org

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/19/teamsters-union-rnc-speech-2024

Uncommon Union L.

 

[tippy2k2]

Dockworkers strike suspended, the union says

The union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers was seeking higher wages and a ban on the use of some automated equipment.

abcnews.go.com

That was fast

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

The funny thing is it was news enough for all the idiot TP hoarders to get wind of a possible “problem” yet still fail to put two and two together.

 

[Gergar12]

The funny thing is it was news enough for all the idiot TP hoarders to get wind of a possible “problem” yet still fail to put two and two together.

I had to stop my parents from buying TP at Costco by telling them we have lots of trees in North America. Of course, if you are in Australia during COVID...