The Port Strike

Labor vs Capital is a cycle. Arguably labor held a lot of leverage in post WW2 America until Reagan, at which point labor was pretty fat and lazy compared to a rising and more competitive globe. Clearly Capital has been in firm control since the Reagan years but things are changing again.

 

Freakin’ Joey!

 

how ironic, the former president of a labor union for the Hollywood crowd ended up being the POTUS who broke the union for the Professional Air Traffic Controllers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)#:~:text=The Professional Air Traffic Controllers,1956) 118p (now 5 U.S.C.​

 

lol

 

Dustin Grage ALWAYS provides great social media content, but his stint as Screech on Saved by the Bell is tough to beat.

 

I'm sure the National Guard are well-trained to operate large cranes and container-handling equipment. Nothing makes much sense from DeSantis until you see it through a political lens.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration helped the two sides reach a temporary agreement. USMX agreed to wage increases of 62% over six years and to extend the current contract until Jan 15, while negotiations over other benefits and automation continue.

In a potentially growing emergency, one side plays politics, the other does the real job.


Port strike suspended with 62% raise, contract extended until January - The Washington Post
The parties appeared to be dug into their positions Wednesday night. But White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and other senior officials held a virtual meeting with the shipping lines at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a person familiar with the talks. Officials impressed on the carriers the need to get the ports open as the South recovers from Hurricane Helene and said they would help get the union on board. Acting labor secretary Julie Su visited union leaders in New Jersey to seal the deal, according to the person.

 

WTF (who) is Dustin Grage?

 

His four children and three illigitimate children have been asking that same question since he abandoned them when the oldest was just 5 years-old and waiting for Dustin Grage to return with her medicine.

 

Harold Daggett gave me that 'I've seen this dude before, somewhere...' vibe.






This morning I woke up and it was the first thing that popped into my head. He's a member of legendary British rap grandpa duo Pete & Bas's crew: