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To: ajtj99 who wrote (39963)	10/2/2002 9:28:32 AM
From: eddieww	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52237

"The WSJ said those jobs are $128,000 / year jobs, but that is based upon a 40-hour work week (which the probably don't work)." Back in the late '60s my best friend's father was a longshoreman. If there wasn't enough work, he got paid for sleeping in. They were guaranteed 40hrs pay. Donald said: "30-40+years ago most cargo were moved in break-bulk vessels since containerization was not around yet. That was dangerous work, getting into a vessel hole and hooking/unhooking/lashing/etc." One of the hardest jobs was unloading the banana boats coming in from central america. The longshoremen called the Laborer's Local for people to do those hard jobs (me), while a few of them would find some shade to stand in all day and point while making 4 times the money. The only thing I wanted to do more than shoot the pricks was to be one of them. -g- Certainly, in the construction trades, the unions committed suicide by driving prices too high.