Bye bye bananas

[Texas Jack Black]

The debt is not the problem  The U.S. can easily grow the economy out of this debt It is all about debt to GDP.

This is the real reason the border is open. Forget the politics and think about an aging US population  .We need younger people to work and pay into the system etc.

 

PS I am not for open borders.

 

[Pat Riot]

In my last post I was a bit agitated. My apologies if anyone was put off by it. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

So they have a temporary agreement to a 60% raise and limited automation. 
Great now the bananas and booze can roll again! 😂🙄

[Chantry]

On 10/1/2024 at 7:16 PM, Blackwater 53393 said:

Starting pay for a new worker is $20.00 an hour! At three years, it’s over $30.00 an hour and at six years it’s a few cents short of $40.00 an hour.

 

SO! In five years, starting pay would be $35.00 an hour and topped out would be over $70.00!

 

Now! It’s been almost 15 years since I retired. I had fifteen years at that job as a fabricator and electrician with mid level management responsibilities at the largest entertainment transportation company in the country.  My hourly rate was just over $31.00 an hour!  I DID get plenty of overtime.

 

I made a pretty good living…

 

Different costs of living.  Granted we would have to figure in inflation, but $31.00, which is roughly $63,000, doesn't go nearly as far in the Northeast.

 

On edit:  

I live in a middle to upper middle class town.

A quick search on homes.com

Cheapest house for sale:  $357,400, 3  beds 1 bath, 1068 square feet

Cheapest condo for sale: $164,000, 1 beds 1 bath, 720 square feet

Cheapest condo/apt for rent:  $2,248-$3,553 1-2 Beds, 1-2 Baths 803+Sq Ft

6% sales tax on most things.

 

 

 

[Pat Riot]

I think the media is down playing actual wages. $31.00 per hour is probably the lowest paying job on the scales. 
As I said before, I know some dock workers. They live a helluva lot better than I ever did, money wise, anyway. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:

I think the media is down playing actual wages. $31.00 per hour is probably the lowest paying job on the scales. 
As I said before, I know some dock workers. They live a helluva lot better than I ever did, money wise, anyway. 

I believe the average salary is 100k not counting overtime. Heard that on a radio show. 

[Texas Joker]

And apparently some of those people don't have to go to work...like ever.

 

https://nypost.com/2024/10/04/business/how-did-50k-dockworkers-strike-at-us-ports-with-only-25k-jobs/

[Sedalia Dave]

7 hours ago, Texas Joker said:

And apparently some of those people don't have to go to work...like ever.

 

https://nypost.com/2024/10/04/business/how-did-50k-dockworkers-strike-at-us-ports-with-only-25k-jobs/

 

Just like what happened when the rail roads eliminate Brakemen.  Had to pay thousands of people that stayed home and collected a paycheck.

[John Kloehr]

1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

Just like what happened when the rail roads eliminate Brakemen.  Had to pay thousands of people that stayed home and collected a paycheck.

Ah, the power of unions! Had friends who were draftsmen in high tech. CAD systems were coming, the smart ones paid to get training in them as they knew the paper-based drawings would go away. High tech is strongly anti union, as it limits moving up the food chain.

 

Unfortunately, they did not realize the engineers would do their own drawings on no longer need the specialized services. some are probably Walmart greeters today. They needed to get engineering degrees and move up the food chain.

 

The Teamsters can probably not stop automation entirely, not if it is worth paying the workers to stay home. Would be better in the long run to find a way for them to move up the food chain.

[Tex Wilson]

Negotiations are suspended until January 15th 2025, just until the election is over. If Harris/Walz are elected, we are all screwed, they are Pro union communists. 🤬

[ezekiel_ib]

Yup Trouble in the Minions Universe

 

Btw Organic Bio Foods are safer way to go!

[Matthew Duncan]

On 10/3/2024 at 9:42 PM, Pat Riot said:

 

I think the best way we can pee all over these dock pansies is buy products that do not go through the docks. Made in USA, Canada and Mexico don’t come in through the docks, I am pretty sure of that. 

 

 

I’ve got an order that is made in Canada and was shipped from Canada to Indiana..  it’s been stuck in Oregon for 5 days.

[Pat Riot]

12 minutes ago, Matthew Duncan said:

I’ve got an order that is made in Canada and was shipped from Canada to Indiana..  it’s been stuck in Oregon for 5 days.

And that’s my fault? 

[Eyesa Horg]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:

And that’s my fault? 

Sure it is! You've lived in Oregon. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

It was the late 60s. I was working in a packing house often helping drivers. There was a regular run to Jersey shore with frozen beef stuff. Drivers carried a little extra cash for the crew.

[Matthew Duncan]

23 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

And that’s my fault? 

If your name is Trump, yes! 😁