Saturday, May 02, 2015
Would be a good time
Unions don't have to be evil, but when they're allowed to run wild they always turn evil.
Latest example: The long-running dock strike on the West Coast. It's not even about wages; it's just a territorial gang war between two union gangs. This has already ruined large segments of commerce, with many US exporters going broke. Now the farmers of Washington and Idaho are going to lose a whole year of export revenue......
Previous presidents have acted decisively when union evil interfered with the basic needs of the country. Truman seized control of the entire steel industry to stop strikes.
This would be a good time for decisive action.
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Farmers across the region have been left looking for a new way move the fruits of their labor to hungry mouths thousands of miles away as the Port of Lewiston is no longer offering container shipping service thanks to a dispute hundreds of miles away in Portland. The cargo container yard in Lewiston now sits like a ghost town. It's because of years of back and forth negotiations between dock workers and the Port of Portland operator 400 miles away have become too much for shipping companies so they left. The consequence is they no longer make the trek upriver to Lewiston. “Six months from now when farmers go to sell peas and lentils and they are going to get less money because their transportation cost just [doubled].” ....70 percent of dry peas and lentils and 50 percent of chick peas make the trip to overseas markets. With the shipping companies gone it means they're looking at other options with exporters now looking to trucks to move goods to the coast, but it's not the best option.
Previous presidents have acted decisively when union evil interfered with the basic needs of the country. Truman seized control of the entire steel industry to stop strikes.
This would be a good time for decisive action.
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