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I know someone very closely and heavily involved with international logistics. One of the major problems are the East Coast ports in the United States. They’r
by nobodyandproud 5y ago
I know someone very closely and heavily involved with international logistics.
One of the major problems are the East Coast ports in the United States.
They’re relatively small and cannot handle some of the cargo ships that are used today.
Then other is the lack of labor, because docks are union jobs; the kind that pass on from generation to generation because of how good the work is.
- greedo 5y agoAre the unions restricting new memberships? If there's a surplus of unfulfilled jobs, the unions can just get new members during the peak times, and then when demand drops, they can give priority to senior members.
- nobodyandproud 5y agoI want to be very clear that I’m a supporter of unions, but there are consequences when unchecked and I think they’re hurting themselves in the long run. To answer your question: I don’t know for sure, because every union is different. It looks like the east coast is represented by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Longshoremen%27s_Association https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Longshoremen%2... which suffered from organized crime in the past and the west is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Longshore_and_Warehouse_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Longshore_and_... Which is more like what I described: The West Coast union apparently has tens of thousands of applicants for a single job, so clearly there is great demand to get in. It may be that I mixed the two: East coast cannot handle the ships, even if it could go through the canal. West coast, which can handle said cargo ships, has a strong union that is keeping the headcount artificially low.