Well as a longshoreman who works mostly at jobs that pay the highest skill rate for about 50 hours a week. I'd like to know where I could sign up for that $147,000 a year, because I've never made anywhere close to that number. Its easy for PMA to throw that crap out there but its simply not true. Since they brought it up PMA member companies profited $370 billion in 2014. Our labor is typically paid for with the production they get in the first 20 to 30 minutes of an eight hour shift. I make a good living and have great benefits, like many of my coworkers I'm very grateful for that. Those benefits were not given they were negotiated and fought for, much like what is going on now. We all wish this had been resolved months ago, negotiations have been going on since May. Many of our negotiators have been away from their families for most of the last 9 months. Much of the time PMA's negotiators have been stalling and have made excuses to not even be at the table. They have not taken this seriously, and they couldn't give a rats ass about our economy. After I read their contract proposal press release, I almost said "those lowdown dirty greedy longshore bastards" but I assure you there is more to it than what is in the press release. They're only going to sell the good parts. They want you to think this is about wages and greed on our part and by the looks of it they are doing a good job, but for most of us this is about making sure we have a job in the future. For me thats worth fighting for, and if you were in my position I'm confident you would feel the same way.

No, I don't know any commies. Although I think that anyone that was a problem for the government back then may have been labeled as such.

We always work the military cargo no matter what, and they're always happy with the work we do.

Unfortunately, not allowing us to work nights, weekends, and holidays is only going to make that ships on anchor problem worse.