I totally get asking for better pay but what they are asking for is off the charts crazy.
I’m with you. I get you want to aim high so when you compromise you get what you actually want, but you can aim so high that the other side just tells you to F off
Exactly, but that's not all. The no automation demand is just unworkable. You have ports all over the world doing that. We can't be left in the stone age like they are demanding.
Yeah, asking for better pay and asking to protect jobs from automation are totally understandable from an employee's perspective.
This is port strike locations, and I'm not sure we have a major port, as such.
^ appreciate the effort to make the references and tie to MSU. Strong work.
Sounds like we're going to be speeding up the automation
The workers at the port of Gulfport are definitely union and were supposed to be included. The local (ILA) was meeting on Saturday to decide whether they would defy the national unions strike and if so what were the consequences. They either decided to defy the strike order or they have some members that chose to work. I know that the fruit companies order labor from the 3rd party (Ports of America) which is union daily and they have labor working this morning.
Feels like this particular union has too much influence over too large of a component of the supply chain and does more harm than good. Their competition is different modes of transportation or geographic locations cost prohibitive distances away.
I feel like with their demands they know they have a lot of the country by the balls if they go on strike. Sounds like a good recipe for being hated by just about everyone. Be careful what you wish for.
With our history, not sure if I should like your post as a compliment or blast you for a poor attempt at sarcasm
Wanting to ask to protect jobs from automation is an understandable impulse, but actually asking for it just shows a union that is off its rocker. The way for the union to handle automation is to have members pay into a fund to give some transition pay to people automated out (or I guess more realistically, have the employers pay into it so they can pretend it's not coming at the expense of lower take home pay for the members).
Take comfort in knowing I always use ** when applicable.
Absolutely assures that the companies impacted will double down on automation research and implementation.
I insist that @dawgstudent pays me $1MM per post for my insight!!!!!!!
I didn't realize the Suez was not viable. Perhaps the Houthis should do some research on what happened last time the Suez was impacted by geopolitical ambition...
Yep. Pay us for training on automation functionality, repair and maintenance, etc.
Yep. Automation/innovation is the backbone of capitalism. Businesses/industries that innovate experience rapid growth, hire new employees, and lift entire economic sectors/regions. Businesses/industries that try to protect antiquated methods of operation are dead without even knowing it and drag down the economic stakeholders that rely on them down with them.. See the rust belt.
I support the non-smart refrigerator initiative. I don't need my fridge sending data on how cold I keep the freezer over to China.
Dude makes 900k per year, has a yacht, drives a Bentley, and survived a RICO case after one of the witnesses was found dead in the trunk of a car. Dude is a criminal.
Older workers controlling unions means that they have older worker concerns on their mind, like let me strike up some sweetheart deal that gets me to retirement regardless of the impact it may have on younger/future workers in my union/field.
I just want one that's reliable and works a long time and is easy to fix. I do like my vent-free, heat pump dryer but not because it has a lot of settings.
