Right now we have a huge dockworkers/longshoreman strike going on along the Pacific Coast ports. The AVERAGE union member worker at these ports makes $147K. That means the person in the crane is pulling down well over $200K. This is more than a lot of doctors, dentists, lawyers, MBA holders earn. My point is they make much more than someone who went to college for 6-9 years and potentially put themselves in major debt to fund that education. However, that is their choice.
Currently, this strike is affecting the GDP of the US. It is hampering imports and exports severely. Yet, they want more money and they want more of their health insurance paid. We all know what Reagan would have done, either back to work or your all fired. We also know the only reason they think they can get away with this current strike is because of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
We all know Obama has got their back.
The costs of those longshoremen is why the long term plan is to shift the shipping to Mexico and bring the stuff north on NAFTA trucks.