#harolddaggett — Public Fediverse posts
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'Causing heads to explode': Alarms sound as #ProTrump union leader accused of '#sabotage'
Story by Matthew Chapman
October 3, 2024"Political observers and experts are raising alarms about the International #Longshoreman's Association union strike, which has seen #dockworkers suspend their duties unloading cargo at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts — speculating whether the head of the union is attempting economic sabotage in favor of former President Donald #Trump.
"#USMX, the key guild of maritime employers, offered the ILA upwards of 60 percent salary increases in their new contracts. The ILA, however, is demanding even higher increases, as well as the continuation of exorbitant fees to handle shipping containers — a practice so expensive, according to maritime journalist John Konrad, that U.S. ports frequently ship freight over roads hundreds of miles at ten times the expense to consumers rather than transport containers onto secondary barges at a fraction of the price to consumers — as well as a total ban on any new technology to automate ports, which industry experts have warned could destroy the competitiveness of U.S. shipping.
"The extreme nature of the demands has caused speculation among observers that the whole thing might be a ploy to get Trump elected."
#HaroldDaggett #LongshoremenStrike #TrumpAllies #PoliticalSabotage
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Why an old photo of #Trump, #Longshoreman's president returned to prominence with #strike
James Powel Kinsey Crowley, Medora Lee
10/1/2024"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 #HaroldDaggett 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."
#LongshoremenStrike #TrumpAllies #PoliticalSabotage #EconomicSabotage
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IKR???? Sheesh! And that better not apply to #HaroldDaggett the #MAGA #mobster #ILA #Union who makes >$900,000 a year, has more than one yacht & drives a Bentley.
#JustSayin
#Trump #corruption
Yes I am pro union but mafioso Daggett [dead guy in trunk] ILA was out for himself & for Trump, looks like the ACTUAL union members pressured him into rationality. He is on video saying he would “cripple” the economy so #BidenHarris would take the blame & Trump would win. -
#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.
#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-strike-chaos-costs-starting-to-rise.html -
#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.
#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-strike-chaos-costs-starting-to-rise.html -
#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.
#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-strike-chaos-costs-starting-to-rise.html -
#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.
#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-strike-chaos-costs-starting-to-rise.html -
#HaroldDaggett is third generation #ILA member, his father & namesake, Harold Daggett, Sr., who worked in the ILA industry for 57 years.
So this guy is totally “On the Waterfront” legacy, the mafia always keeps it in the family.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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But those hopes were swept away when #Biden said that he does not believe in #TaftHartley.
#HaroldDaggett had mocked the idea during an interview in early September [see above].
“Do you think when I go back for 90 days those men are gonna go to work on that pier?” Daggett said.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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#HaroldDaggett’s sons — Dennis & John — reportedly earn similarly cushy salaries in their roles at the #union.
Dennis, the executive vice president of the #ILA, earned $250,156 in the fiscal year ended December 2022, acc/to ProPublica. John, the general vice president of the Atlantic Coast District ILA, reportedly earned $264,228 in the same period.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/135623897 -
By comparison, his fellow #union bosses at the #AFL-CIO, #Teamsters & #autoworkers #unions earn less than $300,000 a year, acc/to a Politico report.
#HaroldDaggett formerly owned the Obsession – a 76’ yacht – & was seen zipping around in a Bentley, acc/to The NYT.
In 2005, Bush’s #Justice Department accused Daggett of being an “associate” of the Genovese crime family – one of the “Five Families” of the US #Mafia.
#Longshoremen #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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#HaroldDaggett — has worked at the #ILA for 57 years & took the helm as president in 2011 — raked in $728,000 in compensation last year from the ILA.
He collected another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch, acc/to labor department filings.
He lives in a 7,136 square-foot house valued at $1.7 million on a 10-acre lot in Sparta, New Jersey, acc/to Zillow & NJ Property Records.
#Longshoremen #union #MAGA #scam #MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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From the WSJ:
The Profane 78-Year-Old Leading the #Dockworkers Strike
‘They won’t be able to do anything in this country without my people,’ port #union chief #HaroldDaggett says in setting *audacious targets* in a coastwide #strike
Harold Daggett stood in front of the closed gates at the Port of New York & New Jersey just after midnight Tues & delivered a battle cry to hundreds of members of his #union that represents #portworkers from Maine to Texas.
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The head of the #longshoremen #union is a #Trump supporter who wants to cripple the country to get Trump elected.
This is #ILA head #HaroldDaggett, strong trump supporter, who already said he would cripple the economy: “I will cripple you.”
The first October surprise from Trump. The port workers strike will try to paint President Biden as anti-union. Trump & Daggett are friends, the same age & were both from Queens, New York.
#scam #economy #strongarm #MafiaState #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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Comienza huelga en puertos de EE. UU. con consecuencias sobre el comercio
Los funcionarios de 14 puertos a lo largo de las costas este y del Golfo de Estados Unidos se fueron a huelga este 1 de octubre la cual podría arrastrar a la economía esta [...]
#14GrandesPuertosEstadounidenses #AlianzaMarítima #Bloque1 #CasaBlanca #Estibadores #HaroldDaggett #Huelga #Impreso #IntervenciónFederal #Lagos #Mundo #PresidenteDelSindicato #PuertosMarítimos #Ríos #Sindicato #ÚltimaHora