West Coast Dock Strike (Honolulu: 2015, unemployment, buying)
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What is everyone doing to prepare? I remember after 9/11 when it wasn't a dock strike, but there were no ships or planes delivering for about 10 days. My MIL went out and hoarded 10 bags of rice - 100# bags!! Months later she was tossing it because a bunch of the bags were filled with bugs due to not storing them properly. Seems these things trigger different kinds of panic buying. Wall to wall toilet paper and paper towels. Freezers filled with hamburger patties, etc.
What do YOU stock up on when the news announces a shipping slowdown or emergency?
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That article is contrary to others, such as the one below quoting the Matson CEO.
Exempt or not, if a terminal closes down, no ships are being loaded. There could be additional air cargo deliveries but that will increase prices. In addition, ships from China not unloading means many goods that would then go to Hawaii are not going to make it there.
Oh no, I did notice a lot of empty shelves at Walmart already this week....oh wait, that's Every week in Maui. Will we even notice a shortage of Anything other than gasoline? Goods from China, buy your widgets and plastic forks today folks!
Ok I admit it, I'll buy an extra bale of tp from Costco, just in case.
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Originally Posted by Colonel Domo
Unbelievab le.
The U6 Unemployment figure (includes both short and long-term unemployed), is 11.5%, the percentage of full time jobs compared to the population is at all-time record low, we haven't had as few people working now since the mid-70's, and these jack-balls, all making $150,00 or so, want to go on STRIKE.
I wonder how people so absolutely clueless can be trusted with such a job.
There has been no strike yet, but the "slowdown" is causing ships to back up at the ports. This weekend the terminal operators closed up rather than pay extra to make up for the lack of production by the longshoremen during the week. Probably the biggest effect so far has not been goods to Hawaii as much as
loss of perishable products such as fruit that's sold to other countries and is spoiling. Then there are stateside manufacturers laying off people due to a shortage of parts.
Again, we see the evil of collective, i.e. "collusive" bargaining, where the parties on one side of a contract get to collude together to force concessions, while those on the other side of the contract don't have have that opportunity - usually by law.
Gee without unions and government regulations and labor laws we all would be working for a .50 hr and shopping at the company store with sweatshop work conditions. Don't believe me? Check out the corporations who outsourced U.S jobs to countries with little to no government regulations. They look like sweatshop of old right? What makes you think they wouldn't do that to us? Because we are Americans?
There's nothing on those ships that I need. No reason to stock up on anything.
I feel bad for the truckers and businesses that rely on the ports being open and active.
The strike was nearly resolved then the shippers announced a go back to work or else mandate to the media... the longshoremen struck for just Sat and Sun... things should start moving slowly later this week.
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