
Prepare for Change
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – As an estimated 500,000 containers are sitting on cargo ships off the Southern California coast, many are wondering how to handle the backlog.
Few are more frustrated about the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, than truck drivers in the chaos. They say that a trucker shortage is not the problem, instead, the port needs to speed up wait times and have more dock help ready to offload.
“I’ve got friends right now that are in line… from nine o’clock in the morning and they can’t pull the load yet,” said truck driver Walter Martinez. “The people inside, they get paid by the hour, but not the drivers.
Maybe we should stop paying people stay home, continue having babies and collect a check. For those deemed able… maybe offer to double their checks to help out at the port of Los Angeles. Perhaps bring in the National Guard or the Seabees to assist. No matter what, put the unions on notice and advise them that we as a nation will do whatever is necessary to free up the supply chain!
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Or we could try paying working people a living wage, Michael. That might work.
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