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    (snip)"Under their most recent contract, full-time, port clerical workers earned about $37.50 an hour, or $78,000 a year. They also receive a pension, health care benefits free of premiums, and 20 paid holidays a year.

    Berry said the employers' latest offer included raises that over the life of a three-year contract would bump the employees' hourly pay to $39.50; the union is seeking increases that would equal $53 per hour by the last year of the contract."(snip)

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    Default Re: this time I HOPE that they strike for months on end ...

    Given the amount of value they are directly responsible for, I hope they get it.

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    Default Re: this time I HOPE that they strike for months on end ...

    but the real question is 'whose value' ?

    IMHO having US west coast container ports closed down for a couple of months might provide a much needed wake up call for many Americans. I would anticipate rapid shortages of food, empty Wal Mart shelves, layoffs at US auto assembly plants owned by Toyota/Honda, parts shortages of all kinds ...

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