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Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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The International Longshoremen and Warehouse Men's Union Strikes the West Coast Ports

The international longshoremen and warehouse men's union on the West Coast struck earlier this year. They did it after having waited almost a year while the companies didn't come across in negotiations. When they struck, when they stopped talking and stopped the business from happening, wow, everything changed. The strike is over. It's a six-year contract, but it goes back retroactive to last year. So it's the last year plus five years. The workers got ready, 32% increase in their salary across this six-yearcontract. That's a lot more than most other working people have been able to get or are likely to get.

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