Try to live on $81K as an EXPERIENCED worker (6+ yrs, not an apprentice) in the NYC or Baltimore area…
While the companies (and their CEOs) make hand over fist billion dollars of profit. They just want their share since they are literally the backbone of the operations.
Also their last contract was pre-pandemic and the companies didn’t try to provide more compensation for when inflation and the cost of living skyrocketed.
I understand that most longshoremen makes way more than what I calculated. It’s because a majority of them pick up overtime hours. Which increases the risk of accidents.
