@icecastles22@kungfoo___@adamisred@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston West coast and east coast operate entirely different. Jobs are given out seniority based. No casuals over here. Guys that just started aren’t skipping guys 10/20/30 years on the job for work. And when you have tier based hourly rates that’s how the cookie crumbles for new hires
@icecastles22@kungfoo___@adamisred@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston Again with the “base salary” no salaries over here. Hourly work. As a guy that gets decent hours, I barely make ends meet and I know a good majority of guys that only work 15-20 hours a week @ $21 an hour. So even with OT you people barely making $30-$40k a year
@icecastles22@kungfoo___@adamisred@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston East/gulf coast deal with Euro & South Amer imports more. agricultural commodities that come from SA can’t be farmed here. America only falls behind in getting containers out of port, not off the boat. & that’s due to Customs checks. As a 2nd gen dock worker, I think I know
@icecastles22@kungfoo___@adamisred@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston Completely false. Top rate is $40 currently. And as a trump supporter, I can only imagine our industry will have regulations over that because overtime is based on time of day, not hours worked after a 40 hour week.
@icecastles22@kungfoo___@adamisred@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston Ask those people how many hours they worked to earn that. How much in taxes were taken away. I see 60-62% of my checks. Again, people working 80-100 hours a week. Most of those people working 4 hours on 2 hours off for days on end until a ship is back on the water
@RobertJSalvador@CanIFuckUrDad Read the old master contact and do the math while considering inflation and see how much they need to work under current wages just to cover bills. 80-100 hour weeks including nights & weekends. Time we can’t get.
@RobertJSalvador@CanIFuckUrDad You’re acting as if these workers are asking for a pay increase on a salary. They’re hourly. You have people trading time at work over their families just to provide for said families.
@kungfoo___@adamisred@icecastles22@kirstenglavin@NBC10Boston Dock workers don’t have salaries. They work hourly. So even at their current top rate, workers need to put in 80-100 hours a week to stay above inflation. That’s time away from their families just to make sure their families are taken care of.