Ed.'s Note: One of our seven readers came upon this photo of former president Donald Trump chumming it up with Harold Daggett, the president of the International Longshoremen Association.
By James Powell, Kinsey Crowley, and Medora Lee
USA TODAY
Images of the President of the International Longshoremen's Association meeting with former President Donald Trump circulated on social media as the union went on strike Tuesday.
Images of the President of the International Longshoremen's Association meeting with former President Donald Trump circulated on social media as the union went on strike Tuesday.
The images are pulled from a July post on the union's website where union President Harold Daggett asked for members to "pray" for the former president in the wake of the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
In the post Daggett recalled a 2023 meeting with Trump where the former president appeared to express support for the Longshoremen.
"We had a wonderful, productive 90-minute meeting where I expressed to President Trump the threat of automation to American workers," Daggett said. "President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the U.S. Mr. Trump also listened to my concerns about Federal 'Right To Work' laws which undermines unions and their ability to represent and fight for its membership."
The strike begins the same day as the vice-presidential debate and days after Trump, appearing at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, admitted to avoiding paying overtime.
“I know a lot about overtime,” the Republican candidate said Sunday. “I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I’d get other people, I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay.”
Progress for many workers' rights issues was stagnant leading into 2016, and Trump tapped into that frustration, Celine McNicholas, policy director at nonpartisan research organization Economic Policy Institute Action, previously told USA TODAY.
"He was maybe the first Republican in a long time to kind of, like actually give some voice to that outrage," she said. "But I think it stops there."
She said he proposed cuts to worker protection agencies, and Economic Policy Institute called moves under his administration to overturn worker protections "unprecedented."
"With the incredible flurry of activity that...came from the Trump administration, the chaos, I think, actually served to....obfuscate their actual progress on some of these anti-worker and anti-fair economy policies that they really consistently pushed forward," McNicholas said.
Despite the administration's reputation for being anti-union, the national Teamsters union withheld its endorsement from either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, though a slew of swing state locals independently endorsed the Democratic nominee.
The ILA has not announced an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race but put their weight behind then-candidate Joe Biden in 2020.
In the post Daggett recalled a 2023 meeting with Trump where the former president appeared to express support for the Longshoremen.
"We had a wonderful, productive 90-minute meeting where I expressed to President Trump the threat of automation to American workers," Daggett said. "President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the U.S. Mr. Trump also listened to my concerns about Federal 'Right To Work' laws which undermines unions and their ability to represent and fight for its membership."
The strike begins the same day as the vice-presidential debate and days after Trump, appearing at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, admitted to avoiding paying overtime.
“I know a lot about overtime,” the Republican candidate said Sunday. “I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I’d get other people, I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay.”
Progress for many workers' rights issues was stagnant leading into 2016, and Trump tapped into that frustration, Celine McNicholas, policy director at nonpartisan research organization Economic Policy Institute Action, previously told USA TODAY.
"He was maybe the first Republican in a long time to kind of, like actually give some voice to that outrage," she said. "But I think it stops there."
She said he proposed cuts to worker protection agencies, and Economic Policy Institute called moves under his administration to overturn worker protections "unprecedented."
"With the incredible flurry of activity that...came from the Trump administration, the chaos, I think, actually served to....obfuscate their actual progress on some of these anti-worker and anti-fair economy policies that they really consistently pushed forward," McNicholas said.
Despite the administration's reputation for being anti-union, the national Teamsters union withheld its endorsement from either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, though a slew of swing state locals independently endorsed the Democratic nominee.
The ILA has not announced an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race but put their weight behind then-candidate Joe Biden in 2020.
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19 comments:
No news there, Juan. EVERYTHING is politics in this God-abandoned country. Biden can do something about it, as Republican Ronald Reagan did with the air controller strike back in the early-1980s.
Here's a few pics of my naked Mrs who just loves sex and anywhere and everywhere, I find she has a fine arse, would love to know what you all think of her.
Trump is shit on legs.
Anything is possible with this prick. He lies and cheats , so I wouldn’t put it past this loser to have planned this. This is how this guy operates. But when he gets caught, he’s the victim, its a witch hunt, yada, yada yada…. Sick and tired of this clown
my grandfather was a longshoreman at the port of brownsville. for 33 years. he retired at 55 years old in the late 1970s. he said the work was tough but he retired with a sweet pension which he lived on quite comfortably for the last 40 yrs of his life.
The union strike is another failure of the Biden/Harris administration. They are incompetent. Where are these two weak leaders? One is relaxing on the beach the other is too busy campaigning. So who is running our country? The country was definitely better off when Trump was president. Can anyone please tell me what this administration has done in the last 4 years other than give money away.
Oh, shut up, you dickless scab!!! Just siddown, loser!!!
Strike has an Orange Stay Puffed Marshmallow Tint
October 3, 2024 at 9:04 AM
You probably got a raise during a democratic administration IF NOT YOU'D BE BITCHING AND CRYING just like all the racist republicans here (about 3 or 4 give or take).
BOLA DE LLORONES.
October 3, 2024 at 6:25 AM
SI, UNA PUTITA, any more question MARICON???
This is a nothing burger Juan! That union guy has pictures with every politician! Duh!
To begin with they haven't spoken about starting a dicktatorship. They have respected our democracy. The one who doesn't contribute is Trump. He doesn't pay taxes.
October 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Duh! tu mama jotinga maricona
Get ready there is more to come!
Trump ally running for Senate in Pennsylvania calls for bombing Mexico as part of war on drugs
does this idiota fells the same guey? racist republicans hate meskins REMEMBER THAT PINCHES COCOS...
I guess the truth hurts?
If Trump is involved in this, it is a way of pushing America. He is a sick puppy.
You are mentally ill....seek help!!!
Expect more shenanigans from the rich. No mail from now to the election Day. No social security checks because of an issue with the computers. Road closures because lack of money. Hospitals shut down because of strikes from the custodians. I am here trying to figure out wheat else will happen that will destroy the election. It has to be something big, huge.
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