The Molière Citation is awarded to the International Longshoremen’s Association, with the “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” collateral award to the Biden-Harris Administration.”
The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on” is the headline.
With only a month until the election, the ILA has put on the pressure to force their greedy Luddite agenda on everyone else.
” The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks that are used in the loading or unloading of freight at 36 U.S. ports. Those ports handle roughly half of the nations’ cargo from ships.”
The “squeeze” is this: The WH has to choose between the ILA or the American public. That’s because the Taft-Hartley Act can be invoked by the president, setting off an 80-day cooling off period before the strike can start.
So far, Biden has said he won’t intervene to avoid an adverse impact on the American economy estimated at some $5 Billion every day.
There are no heroes here — only Molière Citation recipients.
Let’s not forget to mention the ILA Union President, Harold Daggett, who has an annual salary of $728,000 on top of an additional $173,000. Clearly he is not in a financial pinch with his luxury living and high life accessories. Yacht (recently sold), Bentley, Rolex watch. Thanks to Doug Billings on X who pointed out the thug life of this Union member. https://x.com/DougBillings/status/1841987670286749960
Thanks to John LeFevre on X who shared an image of the yacht recently sold by Daggett. https://x.com/JohnLeFevre/status/1841149398530543937
We wonder what either of the current presidential candidates would do in this situation — any guesses? There’s a Molière Celebration waiting on the shelf for anyone with the right answer!
Maybe the Longshoremen’s Union got cold feet?