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Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike by throwaway48476 on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @02:05AM (#41705054)
Precision railroading exists because the government enforces a monpoloy on labor in the rail sector.
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Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike by monocasa on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:32AM (#41705598)
Which monopoly on labor? Railroad workers aren't required to be union the United States.
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Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike by throwaway48476 on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:50AM (#41705716)
The rail labor act which forbids striking.
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Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike by loudestdog on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @04:30AM (#41705939)
You make people work, they've already said they're going to slow down so you paying them for 25% of the work. And they still win in the end.

The reason strike has happened because the dock companies themselves profit off of a strike. They charge extra fees money for storage etc.

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Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike by bsder on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @06:01PM (#41714721)
We're talking about whether automation is worth striking over for safety reasons and you just pointed out that the railroad situation is because the workers can't strike.

So ... sure? Apparently, we're in agreement.

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