In Praise of the Dockworkers Shutting Down Our Ports
Dockworkers are on strike in Port Newark, NJ. “The militancy showcased by the ILA is exactly what is needed to restore a fairer, more balanced economy,” Sohrab Ahmari writes for The Free Press. (Bryan Smith via Getty Images)
Yes, the longshoreman strike could be painful. And that’s the point.
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The International Longshoremen’s Association, whose strike is crippling U.S. ports from the Gulf Coast to New England, may not seem like the wretched of the Earth. They’re asking for a 77 percent pay increase on top of the $39 per hour those on the top tiers already make. The union’s president, Harold Daggett, earns $728,000 a year and once owned a 76-f…
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