Port strike 2024: Dockworkers demand 77% wage increase | LiveNOW from FOX

Unionized dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coast ports went on strike Tuesday. From Maine to Texas, dockworkers across 36 ports are now on strike. Negotiations between the ILA and USMX have been deadlocked over the union's demands related to wage hikes as well as compensation. The contract between International Longshoremen's Association and 45,000 members expired at midnight.

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[micahsweetenberg]

69 a hour they done lost their damn minds and I’m a union worker!!

[bfranco]

Who gets a 77% pay increase??? Nobody…

[TheBradleyd]

Keep it up. Your Robot replacement just got expedited.

[GregElbert-ugkt]

Let these over paid entitled employees go and hire people that are looking for a job

[ZimZam]

Engineer with 15 years experience and I don't make $69 an hour. Perhaps I should pick up a job at the port.

[Kroogg]

Anyone that has ever worked in a warehouse could do their job. They want to get paid more than plumbers and electricians make, which have to be journeymen for years, unrealistic

[davidsaunders]

Just automate the damn ports. China can deal with 2-3x times the amount of containers per day. We are falling behind.

[muddydawg]

You think your paying more now, wait until that kicks in, lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[seanrhone]

Wish I could get a 77% raise over 5 years! I'd be lucky to get 10% over 5 years.

[rogerarchibald]

There was a point in this country's history when unions actually served an important purpose of protecting workers from harsh, slave-like conditions for little pay. Now federal and state laws have taken that responsibility as well as the natural evolution of the job market. *Many* Unions these days cause more harm than good for all Americans. This is a good example.

[kris]

So they make over 80k a year right now. Would be nice if I did. All my bills are paid now, I am not hurting but more wiggle room would be really nice. After searching google they are making just above the national average for crane operators. Ports mostly use gantry cranes. $39 per hour, middle of the country more like $30 hr. What do Democrats say " you knew what the job paid and accepted anyway" to police, military anyone conservative.
At $69 they will make over 140k. Does anyone else think this is kinda spoiled? I am all for getting paid fair for your work but this is excessive for a job with no degree. Cost of living on the east coast is due to all the bureaucracy and unions, You can't defend your own home there or own a gun unless you bribe local govt. You can't change your own light switch without a union electrician. Are you allowed to unclog your own toilet or do you have to call a Union Plumber and get a permit from the city?
Screw it let the port shut down most of the stuff is from Africa and Europe. Let's buy American. Build here, manufacture here, that's more jobs fro Americans.

[Marilyncorrales]

77%?! that sounds unreasonable. those raises will be passed down to middle class consumers making $7-20 an hour. We are screwed either way.

[chrismcpherson]

They will never get it and those cupcakes can't stop technology

[jasonwyman]

WTF unskilled dock labor and they think they can ask for 77 percent.

[raffaeleracki]

Shame on them we all want a raise. Well you will also suffer from food storages. Please lets join together in unity. Please look at the world bad timing look at poor Ashville North Carolina. Praying to see the repercussions of what you are doing. Praying for you all of us. So much confusion hatred.

[jmzrod]

I am a driver who goes into the ports in NY NJ. Now I am out of work because of the USMX and the ILA. Truckers move the ports as well. Where's my cut?

[jerrycapodilupo]

You will not even get to keep your job....there will be no wage increase. NOW WE HAVE A DEFINITE NEED TO FULLY AUTOMATE THE SEA PORTS

[kristiullmann]

I say the ports should move every thing to automation, let these people go work for Walmart for $12 an hour.

[RichardJames-lw]

No one has ever turned down a 50% pay increase ever end of story

[luckydog]

What timing! The Southeast was just devastated by a deadly hurricane "Helene" and most of those people who are still alive are now without food and homes. Do you think they are in favor of giving more money to these Dock Workers?