tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post6845687723461118258..comments2024-03-28T20:58:10.272-08:00Comments on Deckboss: Labor crisis looms for Alaska processorsDeckbosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148693485334011720noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-23491819043966609292012-02-27T17:02:41.770-09:002012-02-27T17:02:41.770-09:00the fish buyers can't make any money paying a ...the fish buyers can't make any money paying a competitive price for the rock fish,wouldn't want to offer a decent wage to a dock worker, let alone one from Alaska, or the lower 48 to help this country economy !and there is some kind of tax break that there probably asking for in the legislation.GOD HELP WHO ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-20815856423956147842012-02-27T07:01:31.350-09:002012-02-27T07:01:31.350-09:00Spread the wealth - what's yours is ours and w...Spread the wealth - what's yours is ours and what's ours is yours!<br />Except it isn't all that simple - it's all theirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-55814828596882486132012-02-26T19:39:17.485-09:002012-02-26T19:39:17.485-09:00The permits are not necessary for US college stude...The permits are not necessary for US college students, that is the subject of the article.<br /><br />Past US college students who worked in Alaska canneries were Republicans until they had a good look at what the conditions were like and they became Democrats - Hilary Rodham Clinton for one.<br /><br />I'll tell you why - it sucks, get your own extended family from the Lower 48 to work in the plants if you think it is that wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-38397358163578011592012-02-26T14:01:34.998-09:002012-02-26T14:01:34.998-09:00So why are U.S. college students not coming to Ala...So why are U.S. college students not coming to Alaska for summer employment at the canneries if all they can find is jobs at fast food joints?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-67651994229887004502012-02-26T11:57:38.734-09:002012-02-26T11:57:38.734-09:00@11:15 am - you should read the link in Wesley'...@11:15 am - you should read the link in Wesley's post, it is the international college students who are being exploited under the J-1 visa program that are complaining too.<br /><br />And given the high rate of unemployment of college educated students, maybe you should start a business finding them work at $80K per year since a lot of them can't find full-time work except in a fast food joint, the only thing left to them is clerical temp work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-81270875664709195812012-02-26T11:15:28.236-09:002012-02-26T11:15:28.236-09:00An unfortunate fact (imho) is that today's whi...An unfortunate fact (imho) is that today's white, middle-class American young people won't do the kind of jobs that are found in seafood processing. The manual, blue-collar stuff is beneath them, even though many jobs on the docks can pay quite well. Getting 80K/year sitting at a desk, preferably for not doing much, is the goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-87889777554694772472012-02-26T11:10:22.924-09:002012-02-26T11:10:22.924-09:00James - there is no labor shortage is what you are...James - there is no labor shortage is what you are essentially saying, just cheapskates.<br /><br />But Silver Bay, Trident and those folks are willing to take as many government handouts as they can get but don't want to pay a decent wage to a US Citizen.<br /><br />And the Wobblies never got federal earmarks, grants, and contracts -- you need to learn more about history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-70821685496088393952012-02-26T08:52:48.739-09:002012-02-26T08:52:48.739-09:00And that wormhole, in the apple product?
Teacher ...And that wormhole, in the apple product?<br /><br />Teacher leave those kids alone!<br /><br />http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=follow-up-what-exactly-isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-21010142810551740102012-02-26T08:14:09.146-09:002012-02-26T08:14:09.146-09:00I'm sure none of the "hire American"...I'm sure none of the "hire American" folks on here typed their complaint on a apple product.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-61542051369249379562012-02-26T06:55:56.814-09:002012-02-26T06:55:56.814-09:00Did you know that Armin worked in a concentration ...Did you know that Armin worked in a concentration camp? That's where he got the idea to compound and build superior races, er, runs of salmonoids. <br /><br />PWSAC vill rule ze Vorld! <br /><br />Heil Koernig!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-76821768276290200942012-02-25T22:35:41.319-09:002012-02-25T22:35:41.319-09:00Is it 4:20 yet? I need a blunt.Is it 4:20 yet? I need a blunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-17077137905844884662012-02-25T21:11:26.689-09:002012-02-25T21:11:26.689-09:00And that 1973 Chum Price $0.73
But the world is...And that 1973 Chum Price $0.73 <br /><br />But the world is overpopulated?<br /><br />Yes it is; dipshits united.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-35031129628701147572012-02-25T21:01:03.920-09:002012-02-25T21:01:03.920-09:00And never forget the 2% PWSAC tax, for the big mon...And never forget the 2% PWSAC tax, for the big money?<br /><br />One could sell jelly fish to this fleet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-2455014761677496682012-02-25T20:57:44.976-09:002012-02-25T20:57:44.976-09:00F/V Hustler to AFK
.45 to .05, in perfect sync wi...F/V Hustler to AFK<br /><br />.45 to .05, in perfect sync with<br /><br />AFU to the UFA<br /><br />Isn't it great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-88548767863457427742012-02-25T20:50:57.839-09:002012-02-25T20:50:57.839-09:00Hell all one needs is another Armin F. Koernig, an...Hell all one needs is another Armin F. Koernig, and you too can fish for a nickel, let er go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-70957514804993683972012-02-25T20:45:17.202-09:002012-02-25T20:45:17.202-09:00James
Settin the bar pretty high there fella.
W...James<br /><br />Settin the bar pretty high there fella. <br /><br />When Trident Sandpoint brought in a bunch of Sudanese we thought their slogan should be; "Better to work for Trident than be ethnically cleansed"<br /><br />Are you in HR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-75647115637528289802012-02-25T20:07:38.136-09:002012-02-25T20:07:38.136-09:00"Boy this topic sure brought the wobblies out..."Boy this topic sure brought the wobblies out of the woodwork. Why should the canneries pay more when there are people who will work for less? The same eventually will hold true for the vessels. The world is over populated. There is a surplus of labor." <br /><br />James, if you have any job at all, I'm certain that we could import someone from somewhere else to do it for less - no matter what your job is. <br /><br />"Why should the canneries pay more when there are people who will work for less?" Why should your employer pay you more than someone she could import from Sri Lanka? That someone who will work harder, ask for less, and produce more than you? Yes, the sweat of the black man's brow...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-888889068619152902012-02-25T19:11:35.571-09:002012-02-25T19:11:35.571-09:00James, retire, your brain is dead.James, retire, your brain is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-78614344577848197702012-02-25T14:47:21.584-09:002012-02-25T14:47:21.584-09:00Local 37, where Imelda R. Marcos, needed another p...Local 37, where Imelda R. Marcos, needed another pair of shoes. 2700 Pair were never enough!<br /><br />http://www.bulosan.org/html/local_37.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-90621180038620387092012-02-25T13:16:24.773-09:002012-02-25T13:16:24.773-09:00Wobblies United!
http://depts.washington.edu/civi...Wobblies United!<br /><br />http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/cwflu.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-22698644821187196762012-02-25T12:33:53.699-09:002012-02-25T12:33:53.699-09:00Boy this topic sure brought the wobblies out of th...Boy this topic sure brought the wobblies out of the woodwork. Why should the canneries pay more when there are people who will work for less? The same eventually will hold true for the vessels. The world is over populated. There is a surplus of labor.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165797675792985993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-52502146111647885372012-02-25T12:10:16.043-09:002012-02-25T12:10:16.043-09:00Everyone need's a Coolie...unchanged since 186...Everyone need's a Coolie...unchanged since 1864.<br /><br />Hume Brothers Packing<br /><br />http://www.nwcouncil.org/history/images/cannery2.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-21603813012138422732012-02-25T11:57:32.065-09:002012-02-25T11:57:32.065-09:00Funny Silver Bay recruits all over Eastern Europe ...Funny Silver Bay recruits all over Eastern Europe & Asia for their processing plant workers.<br /><br />Go to the Lower 48 where there are all those anti-immigration unemployed and fly them to Alaska, you don't need college kids. In fact, there are unemployed people with college degrees.<br /><br />Buy American, Hire American -- Unless you are some major, big time hypocrite like Wards Cove (we can buy legislation to over turn any US Supreme Court decision), Trident, Silver Bay, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-2751038493695301512012-02-25T11:17:47.971-09:002012-02-25T11:17:47.971-09:00God forbid that American college kids would be abl...God forbid that American college kids would be able to fill those cannery jobs again. Wouldn't want to keep the big processors from thieving from unknowing and english illiterate foreigners who don't stand a chance at standing up for their proper care. 'Bout time to end this federal tax evasion/credits schill and start employing our own! Sonsabitchin' lowlife criminals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-21240428691584896702012-02-25T09:46:12.415-09:002012-02-25T09:46:12.415-09:00The Harvard Dream Team?
At Begich Towers.
"We...The Harvard Dream Team?<br />At Begich Towers.<br />"We cannot but regard Mrs Clinton as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric, unaware of the elementary etiquette in the international community," the spokesman said. "Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com