Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic disruption ahead of the presidential election and the busy holiday shopping season. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) walked out on Tuesday at 14 major ports along the east and gulf coasts, halting container traffic from Maine to Texas. The action marks the first such shutdown in almost 50 years.
I can't believe labor bosses have the Gaul to want to
What does a port strike mean for the US economy?
Harold Dagget, the chief negotiator for the International Longshoremen Association explains:
"I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means. I do. Let me explain ... " - Dagget
When they make this kinda scratch.
Harold Daggett earned $728,000 last year from the ILA, plus $173,000 as President of a local union branch.
He drives a Bentley and recently sold his 76-foot yacht, Obsession.
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Also they haven't been to the table since June. WTH
70% pay increase, no tech improvement?
Harold Daggett, the ILA boss who pledged to "cripple" the United States, owns a 76-foot yacht, a Bentley, and gets paid over $900,000.
He was acquitted on RICO charges after the main witness against him, mobster Lawrence Ricci, was found decomposing in a car trunk in New Jersey.
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What real power acts like.
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