Los Angeles Port Workers are declaring victory after their eight-day long strike ended last night.
The strike began last month when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's local clerical workers walked out of the port out of fear that their jobs might be outsourced to low-wage foreign nations. More than 10,000 dockworkers refused to cross the picket lines, which closed down 10 of the port's 14 terminals, slowing the delivery of billions of dollars of cargo and threatening corporate America's profits. Shippers at the port are promising that clerical workers will not lose their jobs to foreign nations. Once again, organized labor protects American jobs! What happened in Los Angeles should serve as a model for future labor action nationwide to crack down on corporate outsourcers.
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Good. The ports are now open and foreign made junk can now flow to retail stores for Xmas and keep American jobs away.
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ReplyDeleteThis is not how the media describes it. Apparently the actual agreement was that the job POSITIONS could not be eliminated even if the employee died and nobody could be fired for any reason. Guaranteed lifetime employment in perpetuity. More union shenanigans.
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