I really want this job....

[csiro]

Man, look at what these guys are earning...

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ILWU members are among the best-paid blue-collar workers in the nation. The longshoremen earned an average of $82,895 last year, while clerks earned an average of $118,844 and foremen, who are members of the union, earned an average of $157,352.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: csiro
Man, look at what these guys are earning...

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ILWU members are among the best-paid blue-collar workers in the nation. The longshoremen earned an average of $82,895 last year, while clerks earned an average of $118,844 and foremen, who are members of the union, earned an average of $157,352.

Where do I sign?

 

[CPA]

"The two sides have been locked in a prolonged struggle about management's plans to introduce technological innovations to its ports.

The PMA wants the union to allow data to be downloaded into computers at the ports rather than entered by hand by ILWU-represented clerks. The PMA says it has offered job guarantees for current clerks as well as improved pensions and pay as an inducement for the union to agree to the change.

The union says it has offered to allow greater use of technology but is demanding staffing level guarantees and jurisdiction for other work at the port, which management has refused to agree to. "


That's right, let's continue to work as if it's 1920. Stupid unions.

 

[csiro]

And the data entry clerks makes $118,844 per year! I can understand why they'll want to keep their job!

 

[Garet Jax]

Unions are awesome!