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Thats a feature not a bug in the plan. The union is effecting maximum leverage here.

• modeless 2y ago
  Really? Seems to me that economic disruption under Biden would hurt Harris. Obviously the union wants Harris over Trump. They could very well tip the election against themselves. The only leverage the election gives them is against Biden, but they're not negotiating with Biden.
  • thephyber 2y ago
    Plot twist: Biden/Harris are no longer favorites of the union workers like Democrats were decades ago. Trump doesn’t seem to support unions (except that astroturfed “union” rally in Sept 2023), but union workers seem like they are equally likely to support Trump for his other policies.
  • jnsaff2 2y ago
    There is a very interesting podcast episode[0] (no transcript unfortunately) about this where they discuss this strike and find that this is a no win situation for Biden/democrats. They also talk about the automation demands .. which in this strike context involves stuff like automatically scanning container tags .. stuff which people are rather bad and error prone at. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2024-09-27/will-there-be-a-strike-at-east-coast-ports-what-longshoremen-are-looking-for https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2024-09-27/will-there-b...