Sideshow 1/6 R2-D2

[jedijim3002]

do you work for the port, a terminal or a trans loader?

If been a longshoreman for 15 years. Did scab work for 2 years before that. I've done just about every job on the waterfront. Driven a forklift, a hustler truck, a straddle carrier. I've lashed containers, unloaded car boats, slung cocoa beans, worked ro-ro ships, barges. What do you do?

 

[devilof76]

What does it matter what he does?

 

[jedijim3002]

"More than 20 loaded container ships are docked and idle at seven of eight terminals at the Port of Los Angeles and three of six Long Beach terminals three days after 70 union clerks went on strike and dockworkers from their union refused to cross their picket line.

The clerks – members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) – are responsible for much of the paperwork involved in the loading and unloading of cargo at the two ports, the top two container ports in the country."

I suppose they feel crushed by the paperwork???? Nobody is talking about dock workers these are 70 clerks!!!

Sorry but the clerks are there on the dock with everyone else. They check the container numbers against paperwork and make sure everything is in order but that doesn't mean they are in less danger than anyone else. Checkers or "clerks" as you are calling them get killed just as easily.

 

[Deeznutz6]

If been a longshoreman for 15 years. Did scab work for 2 years before that. I've done just about every job on the waterfront. Driven a forklift, a hustler truck, a straddle carrier. I've lashed containers, unloaded car boats, slung cocoa beans, worked ro-ro ships, barges. What do you do?

I work for Msc, been to our port and terminal facilities many times.

I hear ha about the accidents, they happen here but very rare, the volume is also considerably less. Lb/oak are in the top 5 ports in terms of volume I believe.

 

[OutLander]

If been a longshoreman for 15 years. Did scab work for 2 years before that. I've done just about every job on the waterfront. Driven a forklift, a hustler truck, a straddle carrier. I've lashed containers, unloaded car boats, slung cocoa beans, worked ro-ro ships, barges. What do you do?

I respect the dock workers but these 70 should not be able to do what their doing. If it were dock workers I would have to see what their asking for and see if I agree or not, but that's 20,000 people in these ports not 70 clerks.

 

[jedijim3002]

I work for Msc, been to our port and terminal facilities many times.

I hear ha about the accidents, they happen here but very rare, the volume is also considerably less. Lb/oak are in the top 5 ports in terms of volume I believe.

Cool. Are you a superintendent working for MSC or a laborer? I'm Union but my main job is for the terminal VIT.

 

[user 1190]

Nice. When's the last time someone died at your job from poor working conditions, faulty equipment, and lax inspections and safety protocols? How many died at your work last year that could have been avoided?

14. I lost 14 of my union brothers and sisters in 2014. Show a little respect for the men and women who died to you could go to Walmart and buy something.

Were they killed by their fellow union workers in " accidents"? Sorry I have a hard time respecting a union that is well known for for getting rid of people.

 

[rushmore223]

If you have managed to wrangle a good paying job from an employer that treats you fairly and with consideration, than kudo's to you. But just because you are lucky does not mean that employers far and wide don't abuse the common worker, whether it be in the elements, or an office. Seriously, show a little respect for those who do a job you wouldnt want to do.

So it means you'll get your toy a couple months late. Boo Hoo. Stop acting like a child.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Cool. Are you a superintendent working for MSC or a laborer? I'm Union but my main job is for the terminal VIT.

Neither, I'm on the commercial side, we have an ops team that obviously works with the port, they handle all the vessel ops and loading of the containers. I just give them **** when they don't load all my containers

 

[Invictus Sol]

I'm with the workers. Corporations are unions, too. Some of you guys are honestly retarded.

 

[jedijim3002]

Thank you.

 

[OutLander]

Sorry but the clerks are there on the dock with everyone else. They check the container numbers against paperwork and make sure everything is in order but that doesn't mean they are in less danger than anyone else. Checkers or "clerks" as you are calling them get killed just as easily.

Well, there worried about their jobs being offshored, as they claim 51 have already gone overseas already, so we're not talking about the same clerks. These guys/gals work inside at a computer, how could they take their jobs offshore otherwise???
These obviously aren't "Checkers" as you are calling them, their 70 Clerks or desk jockeys as you would call them.

 

[devilof76]

I have a hard time respecting anyone who touts worker safety as an excuse for holding the property of others hostage while they protest productivity/efficiency rule changes that threaten their own racket.

 

[jedijim3002]

Neither, I'm on the commercial side, we have an ops team that obviously works with the port, they handle all the vessel ops and loading of the containers. I just give them **** when they don't load all my containers

Gotcha. LOL. We give **** to everybody who doesn't do their job right. One of the privileges of working with longshoreman. No one has worse mouths than us.

 

[Asta]

The evil boss:

The union leader:

The shop steward convincing a non-union member:

The enslaved worker:

The voice of reason:

 

[OutLander]

I'm with the workers. Corporations are unions, too. Some of you guys are honestly retarded.

I'm with the workers too....just not the 70 that are disrupting the hundreds of thousands of other workers.

 

[devilof76]

This has been going on since before the first #occupy ******** started. 2011? Maybe earlier. You can single out 70 clerks at this particular juncture, but the interference with the livelihood of countless other people is by no means limited to them.

 

[Rambler]

Heh guys, how about that R2 figure.....

 

[XxStrait-EdgexX]

Bwahahaha perfect GIF.

 

[Lejuan]

Hmm... verry suspeecious comrade: