Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

[1stwahine]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

The threatened strike was settled this morning. Now the union members just have to vote to ratify the deal.

Miulang

Great...lucky ting I neba but nuttin...except.heheheh

Auntie Lynn

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

Great...lucky ting I neba but nuttin.heheheh

Now you can just wait until stores have sales on rice, t.p., and other not-so-perishables - then you can build yourself up a stash so that if a crisis DOES occur, you won't have to worry about huge runs or price gouging on those products. Isn't that similar to what Susie has been suggesting? Stock up when you don't have to, so that you won't have to when everybody else does.

[1stwahine]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

I have a confession to make.

I went to Longs Drugs and bought my make-up, just in case.

Moa important than Toilet Paper and SPAM!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Auntie Lynn

[LikaNui]

No Strike

Here's the Breaking News item from the Honolulu Advertiser:

L.A. port clerks, employers reach deal, avert strike

"Port clerks and their employers at the nation's largest port complex tentatively agreed on a new contract Thursday, preventing a strike that could have crippled shipping and cost billions of dollars, a negotiator said.
"The employers are pleased that the union recognized the substantial investment that (employers) have made and agreed to their last wage proposal," said Steve Berry, a negotiator for the shippers.
(...)
"A strike could have potentially disrupted the flow of goods to Hawai'i, which relies heavily on shipments from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. However, during past labor disruptions at the port complex, some Hawai'i-bound goods were rerouted through the port in Oakland."

The sky did not fall. No panic buying and stockpiling was necessary.
As predicted.
We return you now to your regular programming.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

I have a confession to make.

I went to Longs Drugs and bought my make-up, just in case.

Moa important than Toilet Paper and SPAM!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Auntie Lynn

You got your priorities, at least.

[1stwahine]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

You got your priorities, at least.

Yep!! I no like look like Sh*t!

HAHAHAHAHA

Auntie Lynn

[joshuatree]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

You mean my Toyota went from Japan to California, and then back here?

Seems to me that pineapples cost as much here as they did when I lived in California and that doesn't make sense to me.

Depends on what kind of Toyota you have? Corolla, Matrix, Tacoma.....most likely from Fremont, CA. Camry? Probably Kentucky. Tundra? Texas.

[TuNnL]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

I mean, how bad is it when you run out of toilet paper? Just walk over to the bath tub and wash your behind.

EEeeewww!!!! Let’s hope you don’t “leak” on the way there.

[TuNnL]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

we can't undercut everything to a point where our standard of living degrades but $53/hr.....that's more like a king's standard of living.

Hardly. An attorney working out of referrals from the Legal Aid Society’s “Affordable Lawyers” (here in Honolulu) makes almost double that.

[anapuni808]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

Depends on what kind of Toyota you have? Corolla, Matrix, Tacoma.....most likely from Fremont, CA. Camry? Probably Kentucky. Tundra? Texas.

Thanks for adding this - good point.

[Karen]

Re: Are you ready for the next shipping strike?

Depends on what kind of Toyota you have? Corolla, Matrix, Tacoma.....most likely from Fremont, CA. Camry? Probably Kentucky. Tundra? Texas.

My Toyota was definitely made in Japan. The way you can know for sure is the VIN number. If it starts with a "J" as the first character, it's from there.