Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike
by sickofparadox on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @12:11PM
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The unions demands may have been met if they didn't ask for ridiculous things like a complete ban on automation.
Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike
by consteval on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @12:34PM
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It's not ridiculous, it's a market force. Again, if the demand for such laborers is high enough then they will do it.
Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike
by no_exit on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @02:28PM
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The best way to negotiate is to ask for nothing, and in turn receive everything from your enlightened, benevolent (and dare I say, handsome!) master.
Re:Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike
by sickofparadox on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @11:22AM
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Considering a series of robots can do their jobs and they have essentially held the supply chain hostage to get top % salaries, yes they should be grateful for every morsel they extract from the US populace.
A free labor market means laborers are free to go. If this means you have no ports, then you are not competitive on the labor market.
Corporations have gotten extremely comfortable with existing in an extremely skewed labor market. One where they do not have to pay because they don't have to be competitive - workers have zero mobility, zero visibility, and need to eat.
If the corporations cannot meet the Unions demands and that results in failure to buy or sell, that is the free market at play. They can simply pay more. Clearly, the demand for this labor is extremely high and the supply is what it is. That means pay up.