Dockworkers at key U.S. ports threatening strike consumers could feel
CBSSEP 2024
This is going to be a difficult battle, but it's necessary for the dockworkers who are being disadvantaged by current labor laws and exploited by greedy corporations. A strike is the only way to teach the powers that be a lesson. If the Biden administration is as pro-union as it claims, it'll get involved in these negotiations on the dock workers' side.
Daggett seems intent on taking down the US economy to gain personal victory. There's a middle ground to be found. But Daggett appears to have soured on the Biden administration, and — armed with the power to call a strike without a vote — he's determined to make the president look bad regardless of the expense to the country and his workers.
There's a 50% chance that at least 12.22% of American workers will be represented by a labor union in 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.