"Dockworkers Launch Strike at Ports From Maine to Texas:
Retailers say they can weather a short shutdown but prices are likely to
rise and shortages might grow in a prolonged walkout"
"Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, which
represents 45,000 dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, began picketing early Tuesday at cargo terminals that handle more than half of American import and export volumes as the contract with port employers
expired.
..
Daggett rejected an offer late Monday of a 50% wage increase over six
years, up from an earlier proposed 40% increase in wages, along with
other improvements in benefits. The ILA is seeking a 77% wage increase
over six years as a condition to sit down to talks with maritime
employers, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. That
would raise the base hourly rate for a dockworker to $69 from $39.
Daggett says his workers deserve a share in the hundreds of billions of
dollars the world’s largest ocean shipping companies made during the
Covid-19 pandemic and more recent supply-chain disruptions caused by war
in the Middle East.
“They know my number. They don’t want to deal with my number. And my
number is not that bad,” Daggett said."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dockworkers-launch-strike-at-ports-from-maine-to-texas-dbbeec39
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