Members of the Teamsters and Longshoreman’s unions gathered in front of the Port of Wilmington today as part of a demonstration held in 20 cities to protest the sale of significant portions of six U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates company.more on that here.
About 15 protesters gathered in a parking lot in front of the port’s gates at noon, holding signs that read “Goodbye Dubai, secure American ports.” The protesters represented unions whose members work as security guards, truck drivers and dock workers at the port.
It isn't just 4 ports or whatever it was originally;
Nearly a week after sparking a political firestorm, the United Arab Emirates-owned management company bidding to take over operations of 21 U.S. ports offered to delay part of its $6.8 billion deal.More here
Oh yeah, to anyone opposing the deal, screw you.
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lol...one after the other. now those dimwits will burn UAE embassies and burn flags and crap. to be honest, i wonder if UAE can really take care of those ports. known for backward HR policies and of course, wasta system...i wonder how with their lax attitude, theyre going to run something as massive as those 6 ports.
And unions! But don't forget, DPW is a pretty professional outfit, and they won't do anything to upset the status quo in the US ports - they're just there to provide the operating funds and take the profit.
Key factor in this is that it is in the US, the same shit won't roll without heads turning.
And Dubai is only responsible for the ports' management, I don't think they will actually be replacing any employee's with wastafarians
Samuraisam says:
Oh yeah, to anyone opposing the deal, screw you.
Yeah, I love the well reasoned and cool-headed debate going on here.
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I hope this deal doesn't happen. It's just inviting danger. We can live without the port crap. I hope it's a publicity stunt or something.
John,
Actually you don't have to login, just leave the username and password fields blank. Your comment will then show up as authored by anonymous. It's not exactly clear. I'll send a note to the site admins to let them know it could be better.
samuraisam is a punk kid with a Texas-sized chip on his shoulder against the USA.
There is absolutely nothing mature or well-thought out about his posts. He likes to stir the pot.
Just ignore him...
Looking at all those people protesting, could someone please tell me why they do not want this deal to happen?
Maybe their jobs are threatened they think? Is someone going to sit with the protestors and ask them why they want to say Goodbye to Dubai? I'd like to know their reasons.
samuraisam is a punk kid
Regardless of his age, sam has written some of the sharpest stuff around here.
Don't they have unions in Dubai? When a union guy hears that new management is going to make things more efficient, that sounds very similar to we're cutting 25% of your jobs.
Wheew! Has the teenager's tantrum finally subsided? Samuraisam, you do yourself a disservice by railing so against the anonymous poster. Take if from a 40-something year old--just ignore the personal attacks. To respond to them in kind only suggest that you are what you are being called. It detracts from the forum when people begin retaliating against one another.
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