• @[email protected]
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    Is it 50% over 10 years or something like that? Edit: I just looked it up it’s over 6 years which is 7% annual raises. This barely catches up to the past 3 years of inflation l not to mention as you work at a place you should be getting better and more useful so should be making more. 50% is a bare minimum offer and sounds like turning it down makes sense.

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      Yeah people against unions tend to leave out the important bits. It’s a car salesman trick and clearly it’s not working.

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      Over 6 years.

      The Alliance said its latest offer would increases wages by nearly 50% over the six-year contract, and triple employer contributions to retirement plans. The offer also would strengthen health care options and keep current language that limits automation.

      The union has demanded 77% pay raises over six years to help deal with inflation. Many of the ILA workers can make over $200,000 per year, but the union says they must work large amounts of overtime to reach that figure.

      High-end longshoreman wages without overtime are currently around 81k, so that $200k figure is sensationalizing it.

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        And it shouldn’t be necessary for anyone to work overtime just to make ends meet. Hell, it shouldn’t be necessary for anyone to work overtime even to have a few nice things. The shipping companies can afford it, and they wouldn’t be making billions in the first place if it wasn’t for the workers.