Alex Rodriguez
14 x Allstar
10 x Silver Slugger
3 x AL MVP
2 x Gold Glove
3,115 Hits
2,086 RBI’s
695 Home Runs
.295 Batting Average
World Series Champion
Most Career Grand Slams
In the last 10 years, foreign-owned ocean carriers’ profits rose 350% or more, but port worker wages only increased about 15%. We've urged both parties to come to the table and for USMX to present an offer that lets workers participate in these astronomical profits.
"You're talking to this guy, and 30 minutes later he's laying on the ground and turning purple"
Working on the docks is a dangerous job. You won't hear anything about it in the corporate media who are only interested in attacking the port strike.
President of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett, 100% means business:
"People never gave a s*** about us until now. When they finally realized that the chain is being broke now ... You know how many people depend on our jobs. Half the world! It's time for them and time for Washington to put so much pressure on them to take care of us because we took care of them. And we're here 135 years and brought them where they are today and they don't want to share. We're done."
Things are about to get wild.
The biggest wild card in the presidential election that nobody’s talking about? The looming port strike that could shut down all East and Gulf Coast ports just 36 days before the election. 🧵