{"id":56759,"date":"2024-10-04T09:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56759"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:08:26","slug":"the-strikers-are-looking-in-the-wrong-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56759","title":{"rendered":"The Strikers Are Looking In The Wrong Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about the east coast port strike. The International Longshoremen\u2019s Association (ILA) has gone on strike requesting (according to MSN<\/a>) a major increase in wages and limited automation.<\/p>\n

MSN quotes CNN<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The ILA reportedly opened the talks by asking for a 77% pay raise for its members over the six years the new contract would cover. The union said this amount was necessary due to inflation and years of insufficient pay raises. By Monday, USMX had counteroffered with a 50% pay raise over six years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the pay raise isn\u2019t the only issue. The ILA wants a ban on all automation at docks, which it says could put some of its members out of work. However, the USMX only offered to keep the existing limits on automation that the old contract covered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result of these discrepancies, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement before the previous contract expired, and thus the strike began just after midnight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York Post article focused on the leader of the union:<\/p>\n

Fiery union boss Harold Daggett has long cast himself as a staunch advocate for blue-collar workers, even as he has lived in luxury, owning a yacht and driving a Bentley \u2014 and fought off alleged ties to the Mafia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sporting a polo shirt with a chunky gold medallion around his neck, the 78-year-old Daggett, who as president of the International Longshoremen\u2019s Association is leading the port strikes stretching from Maine to Texas<\/a>, was prone to theatrical flourishes in a September interview as he geared up for the strike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re gonna be like this,\u201d Daggett said, grabbing his neck in a choking gesture. \u201cI\u2019ll cripple you. I will cripple you and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Meanwhile, Daggett \u2014 has worked at the ILA for 57 years and took the helm as president in 2011 \u2014 raked in $728,000 in compensation last year from the ILA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He collected another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch, according to labor department filings.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He lives in a 7,136 square-foot house valued at $1.7 million on a 10-acre lot in Sparta, New Jersey, according to Zillow<\/a> and NJ Property Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems to me that the dock workers need to take a really good look at their union leadership before following Daggett too far off the cliff.<\/p>\n

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