Morning Jolt: Striking Dockworkers Agree to Take a Measly 62 Percent Raise and Not Spoil the Election for Democrats

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

October 04 2024

Striking Dockworkers Agree to Take a Measly 62 Percent Raise and Not Spoil the Election for Democrats

On the menu today: The dockworkers' strike is suspended for three months; Axios notices that President Biden has largely disappeared from the public eye; and an interesting murmur emerges about the Wisconsin Senate race. Plus a reminder that electronic toll collection like E-ZPass can save lives.

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Good news. After four days of a strike that shut down the nation's ports on the East and Gulf Coasts, an agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance yanked out the self-inflicted dagger thrust into America's economic heart. The dockworkers will be back to work until at least January 15, while negotiations continue.

The two sides have agreed on wages — merely a 62 percent raise over the next six years. Remember, before the strike began, the ILA had turned down an offer of a miserly near–50 percent raise over the next six years.

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