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Half of these striking workers make $250k a year or more. They want a 77% increase over 6 years on top of that.

They also want a ban on automation, which simply means they will have a perpetual lock on being able to hold our economy hostage.

Fully or nearly fully automated ports are the future, and that future is happening in China and EU right now.

Obscene demands such as theirs will simply hasten the demise of those jobs they are seeking to protect.

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I doubt the ports will survive without labor if they wish to wait for full automation.

Is this accurate? I thought wages were between 20 and 40 hourly.

It should be ~40/hr for East Coast, but will easily hit six figures for senior positions or with plenty of OT. The numbers OP is citing are probably about right for West Coast dockworkers from the numbers I've seen. IIUC, part of the reason for the striking is due to that disparity between east and west.

You're both right. Base salary is around 20-40. Overtime work can put it well into the 6 figures, though.

So I wonder if the wages will also help relieve their hours. people making 200k must be doing 70 hours on average.

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