usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoUS port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six yearswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down12cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkUS port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six yearswww.reuters.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·3 months agoOne wonders how long greedy corporations will continue to use “the dockworker’s strike, don’t you know” as a lame excuse to jack up retail prices now. Four months? Six?
minus-squareVeedem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoThe company I work for was already using it for expected price hikes in February 2025 lol
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoSupposedly the shipping companies had already jacked up prices per container from $3000 to $30,000 this past month.
minus-squareCascadianGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou think they will follow a time limit? That’s just the price now.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOh, for sure the prices will remain inflated forever. I was just gauging the longevity of trying to use this as the stated excuse.
One wonders how long greedy corporations will continue to use “the dockworker’s strike, don’t you know” as a lame excuse to jack up retail prices now. Four months? Six?
The company I work for was already using it for expected price hikes in February 2025 lol
Supposedly the shipping companies had already jacked up prices per container from $3000 to $30,000 this past month.
You think they will follow a time limit?
That’s just the price now.
Oh, for sure the prices will remain inflated forever. I was just gauging the longevity of trying to use this as the stated excuse.