usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days 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-square55fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 days 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-squareCascadianGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoYou think they will follow a time limit? That’s just the price now.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoOh, for sure the prices will remain inflated forever. I was just gauging the longevity of trying to use this as the stated excuse.
minus-squareVeedem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoThe company I work for was already using it for expected price hikes in February 2025 lol
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoSupposedly the shipping companies had already jacked up prices per container from $3000 to $30,000 this past month.
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?
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.
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.