Is it the docks or trucks? Ive heard both. I have ZERO trust of the dockworkers union.

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Oct 17, 2021
10:51:32pm

Hank Rearden Truly Addicted User

Is it the docks or trucks? Ive heard both. I have ZERO trust of the dockworkers union.

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Hank Rearden

Previous username: Twinblue
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Last login: May 3, 2024
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Want to fix the threat of bare shelves in December? Get the military involved.

jrifkin48

10/17/21 10:39pm

Or annex part of California and give control to a non-communist state to run it

AZ Coug

10/17/21 10:41pm

True. People aren't aware that they blocked all the independent drivers....

jrifkin48

10/17/21 10:44pm

Just to be clear, your use of “trucking” there is literal, right?

TwinsRight

10/17/21 10:44pm

Yep, but I can see how that might be confusing 🙂

AZ Coug

10/17/21 10:55pm

The funny thing about AB5 is the CA citizens basically voted the gig economy

jmorrrrr

10/17/21 11:01pm

You don't think that taxes are the main reason for Tesla moving to Texas?

greatbam

10/17/21 11:28pm

I’m sure taxes are the main reason. He just said that was kind of the last straw

jmorrrrr

10/18/21 3:51pm

And Lorena Gonzales is still the worst

jmorrrrr

10/18/21 3:52pm

the issue isn't the docks, it's that there isn't enough truck or intermodal available to get containers out of port, so

ChinaFan

10/17/21 10:47pm

If you can get container X onto the ground and across the Cali border....

jrifkin48

10/17/21 10:53pm

Is it the docks or trucks? Ive heard both. I have ZERO trust of the dockworkers union.

10/17/21 10:51pm

It's everything. Last week the people at the top said they inherited the mess

jrifkin48

10/17/21 10:56pm

Yep. The one common thread is each factor is caused and/or exacerbated by

AZ Coug

10/17/21 10:58pm

I review this on a weekly basis with our US logistics team. The issue is that they can't get enough trucks to clear

ChinaFan

10/17/21 11:04pm

Great insight with some real-time numbers. Thanks for sharing.

AZ Coug

10/17/21 11:13pm

Thanks, but all that said, there is a huge issue for the grip the unions have on the ports in our country. The only way

ChinaFan

10/17/21 11:24pm

Buttigeig was on all the Sunday News shows. This means they messed up

jrifkin48

10/18/21 6:34am

The WH said the ports will now stay open 24/7 to break the dam

jrifkin48

10/17/21 11:23pm

I thought the ports were already running 24-7 for weeks before the WH said that?

AZ Coug

10/17/21 11:26pm

I just read an article from the truck drivers perspective

volleyjiver

10/18/21 12:08am

Nice idea in theory but I have zero faith in the government to implement it

10/17/21 10:54pm

The media is at an all time low in trust. Trying to tell us isn't a problem...

jrifkin48

10/17/21 11:02pm

This thread is an authoritarian car crash I can’t look away from.

chago04

10/17/21 11:13pm

Is LA/Long Beach our only west coast port? I’m not at all knowledgeable on this

Bluforever

10/18/21 5:53am

Something like 70%+ of our cargo from Asia goes through there.

jrifkin48

10/18/21 6:30am

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