cltrat said:
lmao, that's hilarious there
I don't doubt that they have a skill set, I just don't use it for spank bank material anytime their union does something.
If the government gelded them like the airline unions they wouldn't be doing jackchit either.
VERY GOOD...'cit RAT, that is.....IF the Feds could control them. (which they could during a huge national EMERGENCY ala the National Guard)
BUT,
Since they I L W U is Sooooooooooo F'n Strong, via SOLOIDARITY (unlike the east coast version ILA aka as the TWU), there is JACK SHIIIT the Feds can do.
For example, The FEDS can order them off of a strike, BUT here's the RUB,...................the PMA (pacific maritime assoc.), thats the LAST F'n thing They want,...............because of 'Working-to-rule' (think safety), unfortunate accidents (say a loaded 40' ft. container that breaks loose from the crane and drops 300' below to the pier where a dozen or so other workers are waiting to load/secure it to a carrier so it can be driven away, OR god forbid, that same container is lifted up from the deep bowels of the most lower hold, only to break away and fall 300+ ft' back down to where it originated from, only to have it cause severe damage to the 'channels that are in place to secure the containers, while the freighter is encountering massive heavy seas, while enroute from china to Long Beach Ca.
Trust me, the PMA does NOT want Angry longshoremen FORCED back to work while on a legal Strike.
This is why the PMA...............Locks them OUT, off the property, to protect thier facilities, and the ships of the members they represnt.
Now on to an even larger problem. Berth availability.
There is nothing sweeter, than to see the waters near the harbors of Long Beach and Los Angeles....infested with freighters anchored waiting frantically for an available berth position, so they can get those highly PERISHABLE food products unloaded !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll try this AGAIN,...with SOME of my fellow regular ('cooler) members, and MAYBE this time it will STICK. Maybe.
And that is,..............in this (rare) situation, the FEDS and west coast management (the PMA) are NOT DEALING WITH THE T W U in this situation.
Citrat. You ARE ????? aware that the Feds at the very high level, NEGOTIATED with Lucky Lucchiano to ensure.... L A B O R....P E A C E on the NY docks during the outbreak of WW2, are you not ????????
Now WHY would they negotiate with a man they HATED ???
(we're WAITING for you answers) !
The I L W U, though NOT controlled by organized crime (Like the east coast was), and UNBRIBABLE then And NOW, have a 'HAMMER-LOCK' on the West Coast docks........................PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!
Obama would have to station national guard troops every 5 FEET on the pier, on the ship, and definitely in the control house of the crane operator. And THAT will Never Happen with B O,..........or 'HILL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S o o r r r y y y !
