LONG BEACH, California — Crane operators who belong to a powerful union and earn up to $250,000 a year transferring containers from ships to trucks are worsening the supply chain crisis that threatens Christmas by goofing off on the job, frustrated truckers told the Washington Examiner.

:rat-salute:

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The crane operators are part of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which also represents longshoremen. Veteran operators who have a set schedule make approximately $250,000 a year, while others who receive daily work assignments make $200,000, said labor consultant Jim Tessier, who represents longshoremen in disputes against the union.

    “What you are talking about is perfectly described behavior,” Tessier said of the crane operators. “This is all a reflection of the management they have down there, the inmates run the asylum. The managers are all afraid to say anything because the operators are so powerful they get management fired if they don’t like them.”

    :gigachad-hd:

    IIRC the ILWU are the most radical big union in the country too

    • SapGreen [none/use name]A
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      3 years ago

      the operators are so powerful they get management fired if they don’t like them

      Literally how places like the GDR and other Eastern Bloc nations operated. Everyone there loved it, even if they maybe took it for granted. Note that having actual workplace democracy didn't destroy output or productivity, as the gains that communist nations made in industrial & agriculture production outdid anything in the capitalist world.

    • im_smoke [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      "The inmates run the asylum" really just up and saying "no we're the ones meant to be tormenting you!"