NEW YORK (AP) — Dockworkers on East and Gulf coasts hit picket lines in strike that could bring higher prices and shortages of goods.
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4. The potential strike will affect military readiness and cause cancelled cruise vacations: false. The union has pledged to exempt both from any strike action. ilaunion.org/ila-will-mai...
3. Management has filed a claim with the NLRB claiming the union hasn't been negotiating with them: false. The union's been negotiating in good faith for two years, and in fact says it's management who were unprepared. ilaunion.org/usmx-continu...
I'm middle class because my union grandfather paved the way for me. All I can say with regard to dockworkers striking to improve their condition is
Alt: Donald Glover Good
UFW remembers Kris Kristofferson: “Cesar Chavez went backstage in the 1970s to thank Kris when he headlined fundraising concerts for the United Farm Workers. They maintained a lifelong friendship. For the rest of his life, Kris wore around his neck a pendant w/the UFW black eagle symbol.”
Honestly, just makes me so much angrier at that fuckface Toby Keith for his “None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris.” bullshit. Kris was a genuine man with a clear, unambiguous devotion to helping those with less power. He cared for his fellow man and it came through in everything he did.