Silver Surfer
Veteran
Hopefully these jobs go to Mexicans
So the longshoremen are about to go on strike on the East and Gulf coasts.
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No they do not. The average salaries vary based on factors like job type, experience, and location. For many ILA members, salaries typically range from $60k to over $100k annually, depending on the specific roles and overtime hours worked. Some highly skilled or senior workers might earn more, potentially reaching the $200,000 mark with extreme overtime, but that is not the average salary for the average worker.
The excerpt that keeps being spammed on social media is irrelevant and misleading to what is currently happening, because it is about the ILWU, not the ILA, which is currently striking. Even then, it comes with caveats.
West Coast dockworkers making $200K demand higher pay
Dockworkers who keep West Coast cargo flowing are highly paid. Their bid for even higher pay is starting to affect the cargo flow.www.freightwaves.com
In my line of work I deal with them.. Yes they fukkin do pull down over 200k with overtime… if you want to be technical then the majority make well over $150k with overtime.. and yes some of the ones who make a base salary of 60k.. it’s the OT that push them over
I know this for a fact breh
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
but the capacity for automation says they actually aren't worth that
i'm sorry that's the reality; but that's the reality. all they're doing is making the case to automate them away faster
There is no capacity for automation at this time. Will it happen eventually? Sure. Should they get the biggest bag possible before then because of the nature of their job? Absolutely
You know there are people the longshoremen work for who get paid way more than 150k for not doing any long shoringif China can do it, we can do it better
there's more people that work at Arby's, than work as longshoremen. but no one in here would give a fukk if Arby's went out of business
if longshoremen are gonna threaten our economy because a 50% raise on 150k a year "isn't enough", they can fukkin go
let me know when those people can be replaced with robots
thenatural
Superstar
Well, the strike seems to be over, and they extended negotiations another 90 days, like in 2012.
They have been able to be replaced by robots for like a decade at this point, that's why for the last decade they have been saying "low skill" jobs are around the corner from being automated.
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Why are yall so gung ho about automation taking people’s jobs?
Absolut
Legal Bookie
Do we need some mobbed up union head holding the country hostage every few years so he can get another yacht? Robots will get folks like that out the paint with the quickness
BK The Great
Veteran
Strike is off until Jan 15th to negotiate new contract