I have a bad taste in my mouth trying to join the IBEW years ago so I have a dim view of unions. Now the dock workers (glorified equipment operators) who were making a nice $39/hr average with benefits that most do not have will be making $63/hr to push buttons and drive trucks. I doubt that hiring into these positions is done on merit but instead done through a good old boys network. This is bad for all of us who have to pay these overpaid thugs through increased prices on imported goods.
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