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November 30, 2012 at 6:20 AM #20328November 30, 2012 at 6:50 AM #755525CoronitaParticipant
Lol…. No problem there.. Or in NY…
Milk milk milk…Tax tax tax. Milk milk milk. tax tax tax…
Get with the program NSR.
December 3, 2012 at 6:09 PM #755701CoronitaParticipantUpdate…
$1billion loss per day..
And companies deciding to re-route shipping to other ports, NorCal and Mexico etc…I would be surprised in the future if some of those companies end up not using LA/Long Beach again.. Wow. LA…what a cess-pool.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cargo-ships-stack-los-angeles-port-strike-seventh-212841738.html
The strike has prompted at least 11 freighters to change course and take their cargo to ports in Northern California, Mexico and Panama, according to the non-profit Maritime Exchange of Southern California, which tracks shipping in the region.
Another 11 ships were waiting at anchorages outside the Los Angeles-Long Beach complex, unable to discharge their cargo, said Dick McKenna, executive director of the Maritime Exchange.
“Shippers are a conservative bunch. If there is no reliability at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, they’ll go someplace else,” said Steve Getzug, a spokesman for the Harbor Employers Association, representing shippers and terminal operators in the labor talks.
I think business should totally organize and boycott LA and Long Beach…
Viva Mexico!
December 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM #755702spdrunParticipantOr in NY…
Frankly, Port Authority PD should be abolished and folded into NYPD on the NY side and NJ Transit police on the NJ side. This is disgraceful.
December 3, 2012 at 7:40 PM #755705paramountParticipantThere is a long history of the police beating up and murdering or otherwise killing port workers/strikers.
December 4, 2012 at 6:04 AM #755720spdrunParticipantSo best outcome is for the cops and strikers to off EACH OTHER? Two problems: overpaid cops and overpaid strikers solved in one swell foop.
December 4, 2012 at 9:26 AM #755728HobieParticipantI think it’s time for teaboy to jump in and end this ranting by sp. ;))
December 4, 2012 at 9:44 AM #755730spdrunParticipantHey, I didn’t originally bring up people shooting each other. I was just taking the thought to its logical conclusion, having no particular love for overpaid cops or overpaid mobsters:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mob_pals_work_port_time_10m4LKcqZNJda7rEJkqDRN
(Yeah, it’s the Post, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.)December 4, 2012 at 11:21 AM #755733bearishgurlParticipant[quote=spdrun]Hey, I didn’t originally bring up people shooting each other. I was just taking the thought to its logical conclusion, having no particular love for overpaid cops or overpaid mobsters:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mob_pals_work_port_time_10m4LKcqZNJda7rEJkqDRN
(Yeah, it’s the Post, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.)[/quote]ROTHLMYAO, spdrun! So true…
Great article . . . and thanks for sharing :=D
December 11, 2012 at 10:37 AM #756081CoronitaParticipantFixed…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/los-angeles-port-workers-strike_n_2241985.html
“Shippers said they wanted the flexibility not to fill jobs that were no longer needed as clerks quit or retired. They said they promised the current clerks lifetime employment.”
December 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM #756088CoronitaParticipantMaybe there is some hope afterall
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-march-michigan-capitol-over-vote-054656984.html
Requiring mandatory union participation in order to work at a position is just criminal.
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