Port strike: How much does the union boss leading the charge make?

[RicoSuave102954]

Harold Daggett is leading the dockworkers' strike, demanding fairer compensation and protection from automation​

The outspoken union leader behind gridlock at America's East and Gulf Coast ports took home more than $900,000 last year, between a combined $728,000 salary from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and another $173,000 from ILA Local 1804-1 in North Bergen, New Jersey, data shows.

ILA President Harold J. Daggett remains at the center of discussion over the port strike that threatens to wound the U.S. economy with shortages and price hikes if not resolved soon.

Gridlocked with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) after a six-year-long contract expired at midnight Tuesday, the thousands of ILA dockworkers launched the union's first strike in nearly 50 years.

Their terms to reach an agreement are protection from port automation to prevent potential job loss and increased compensation.

Daggett, who was elected president of the ILA in 2011, is now serving his fourth four-year term after working more than 60 years in the industry.

Speaking to FOX Business' Lydia Hu on Tuesday, he doubled down on his demands on behalf of the laborers he represents.

"It's long overdue," he said of the strike.

"Things were rough back then [in 1977]. We went on strike for $0.80. The companies only made like 5 to $10 million, but since COVID and before COVID 'til now, they're making billions and billions of dollars. It's a whole different story, but they don't want to share it. They'd rather see a fully automated terminal right here on the East Coast so they can make more money. They're money-crazy," he added.

He emphasized the union is fighting for jurisdiction, health, wages and more.

Daggett was also named president emeritus of the ILA Local 1804-1, where he served as president for 14 years before stepping down in 2011, and from which he still receives a salary.

Port strike: How much does the union boss leading the charge make?

International Longshoremen's Association International President Harold J. Daggett took in a massive sum of income last year, according to union filings from the Department of Labor.

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Personally I hope they automate the whole system and pricks like Daggett get voted out.

 

[Scruddy]

I find it weird that the union boss is the focus on this and not that the workers are asking for monstrous raises to go back to work. I don't blame them for demanding more, leverage will never be more on their side and bidenomics decimated those people especially. If they get the kind of increases they're talking about I doubt a single union member will actually care that the union boss is swimming in cash like scrooge mcduck. Well, they'll still probably be annoyed by it, but adding 50% onto your paycheck would make that a much easier pill to swallow.

 

[QChawks]

Personally I hope they automate the whole system

it's only a matter of time now

 

[RicoSuave102954]

U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) will never give up the right to automate the loading and unloading of ships. Can you imagine where we would be at if the UAW prevented Detroit from having robots and mechanized machinery to build vehicles?

 

[QChawks]

I got some info from a trustworthy supplier out on the east coast that the union would likely accept at offer ~60-62% increase and that they don't foresee it lastly more than a week as each day the pressure is going to mount

 

[RicoSuave102954]

I got some info from a trustworthy supplier out on the east coast that the union would likely accept at offer ~60-62% increase and that they don't foresee it lastly more than a week as each day the pressure is going to mount

So at the end of the day you, me and the rest of us will be paying higher prices for goods because the $200,000 a year these dock workers currently make is not enough for them.

 

[jasonrann]

Yeah, but he's paid in Pepsi so it doesn't matter.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Yeah, but he's paid in Pepsi so it doesn't matter.

Too sad for them because I pay no attention to Pepsi, I'm a Coke guy.