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Source circa 2015: https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dock-workers-union-demands-hurt-consumers/ https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dock-w
by lodi 5y ago
Source circa 2015: https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dock-workers-union-demands-hurt-consumers/ https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dock-workers-u...
"In fact, according to the union's own material, the average dockworker makes $147,000 in annual salary and pulls in $35,000 a year in employer-paid health care benefits. Pensions pay $80,000 a year."
Also,
"The ILWU is demanding 3% annual raises over five years well beyond the average American's personal income — which the shippers have agreed to — and some changes in the arbitration system."
I can't find 2021 data but if they did indeed get their 3% raises then the average total compensation by now is 182*(1.03^5)=211k.
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Another source, also circa 2015: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dockworker-pay-20150301-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dockworker-pay-201503...
"About half of West Coast union longshoremen make more than $100,000 a year — some much more, according to shipping industry data. More than half of foremen and managers earn more than $200,000 each year. A few bosses make more than $300,000. All get free healthcare."