(Prompted by discussion of one of the union demands that there be protections against automation). Support labor, always, if that has to be said.
It was the early 70s, so containers were in use on many ships. Our late arrival in Italy threw our plans so dramatically we ended up living in Greece for 2 yrs. I've heard the story many times but this is the first time my mom said it all would've been different if the cargo had been in containers!
She described all kinds of cargo lashed to the top of the ship, unprotected. Lumber, clothes, cars. She painted a picture of chaos often interrupted by rain, including men trying on hats from the cargo. We got stuck in various ports due to weather so our trip took almost a month instead of a week.
The dockworkers strike prompted a conversation with my mom about loading/unloading ships in the pre-container age (or before they completely took over). When I was one yr old, we took a Yugoslavian cargo ship NYC to Italy. My mom described the loading of all kinds of cargo without containers.
There are so many jobs - so much work - that I’d love to do but can’t afford to.
another war that won't be called a war except by its victims, another "limited security operation" with goals that can never be met where those being invaded are told their deaths are the unfortunate product of them being alive in the first place
I am 👀 at this language. While the court resisted outright acknowledging forced labor as involuntary servitude, here it is walking riiigghht up to the line of making a 13th Amendment argument for abortion rights, which I would be absolutely here for !!
I can see it.
He looks so much like his dad there.