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I don't think this matches what the thread is saying. Longshoremen are highly unionized, but they are not the bottleneck -- they are blocked because they have n

by jljljl 5y ago

I don't think this matches what the thread is saying. Longshoremen are highly unionized, but they are not the bottleneck -- they are blocked because they have nowhere to put the containers they unload. Fixing the problem requires identifying somewhere to place the empty containers, and arranging transport to move those containers out as quickly as possible

qeternity 5y ago
I’m not saying it’s the problem now. I’m saying it’s been a problem in the last. But the current problem is absolutely not due to truckers being non union.
- fieldcny 5y ago
  Seems like your comment was just an attempt to dunk on a group of people you seem to believe are over paid. You have no real facts or information about how much port workers make and you present no evidence that rules that you may deem to be “inefficient” aren’t in place for safety reasons. You also seem to ignore the fact that most manual labor jobs have to provide enough income for a worker while they are able to physically engage in the work to provide for the significantly longer period of time their bodies won’t be able to do the work. Everyone in this country seems to think they know exactly how much everyone else should make and surprisingly they always think others are over paid. It’s especially comical when it’s coming from tech folks where an L7 sitting at FB can be pulling down seven figures and could sit in their aeron chairs working till they are 80, we should all recognize the privilege we have in that regard
  - ta988 5y ago
    I don't think FB will last that long. I believe they reached high tide, same as Google and probably Amazon...
  - qeternity 5y ago
    > Seems like your comment was just an attempt to dunk on a group of people you seem to believe are over paid. I was responding to a comment that argued they weren’t paid enough, and I was just making the counterpoint. So no, if anyone has an axe to grind, it would be you.

by jljljl 5y ago

qeternity 5y ago

I’m not saying it’s the problem now. I’m saying it’s been a problem in the last. But the current problem is absolutely not due to truckers being non union.

fieldcny 5y ago
Seems like your comment was just an attempt to dunk on a group of people you seem to believe are over paid. You have no real facts or information about how much port workers make and you present no evidence that rules that you may deem to be “inefficient” aren’t in place for safety reasons. You also seem to ignore the fact that most manual labor jobs have to provide enough income for a worker while they are able to physically engage in the work to provide for the significantly longer period of time their bodies won’t be able to do the work. Everyone in this country seems to think they know exactly how much everyone else should make and surprisingly they always think others are over paid. It’s especially comical when it’s coming from tech folks where an L7 sitting at FB can be pulling down seven figures and could sit in their aeron chairs working till they are 80, we should all recognize the privilege we have in that regard
- ta988 5y ago
  I don't think FB will last that long. I believe they reached high tide, same as Google and probably Amazon...
- qeternity 5y ago
  > Seems like your comment was just an attempt to dunk on a group of people you seem to believe are over paid. I was responding to a comment that argued they weren’t paid enough, and I was just making the counterpoint. So no, if anyone has an axe to grind, it would be you.