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Thread ID: 123903	2012-03-24 05:59:00	Prices to rise due to port dispute	Iantech (16386)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1266635	2012-03-24 05:59:00	Expect to pay more for almost every consumer item in the months ahead. Importers say they're facing long delays and heavy costs as the Ports of Auckland dispute drags on. Importers' Institute secretary Daniel Silva says his members are paying millions to shift freight around the country. "You can think about normal goods like clothing or footwear and you can also think about electronics and computers. All that stuff is imported. And all of it at the moment is being delayed by the strike. There will be price increases because these costs have to be recovered." Daniel Silva says supply chains are already being delayed by up to 2 weeks, and shortages are starting to emerge. Gee thanks Auckland Wharfies, many of us are already on struggle street, and you lazy moaning sods have just cost all of us more. I hope none of them get their jobs back.	Iantech (16386)
1266636	2012-03-24 06:07:00	dicks	GameJunkie (72)
1266637	2012-03-24 06:32:00	uhhhhhhhhrggghh!!	ChazTheGeek (16619)
1266638	2012-03-24 06:47:00	No-one on either side has won out here. And, as Iantech points out: the public pays more. The Ports authority is losing millions, which eventually translates to: the public pays more. The striking workers lose some pay, but on an average pay of $91,000 they should be able to ride it out. But there were 292 striking workers. Although they voted "unanimously" to strike, only 100 or so arrived at the picket line. Where were the other 192 "unanimous" workers, and how were they demonstrating their solidarity? The only winners? A couple of f***wit Union leaders who have no PR skills, even less negotiating skills, no idea whatsoever of the real world, and who will still get paid regardless. Oh, and those truckies who will profit from the spin off (but I have no truck :groan: with that). :mad:	WalOne (4202)
1266639	2012-03-24 10:54:00	Mob rule, always dodgy.	Cicero (40)
1266640	2012-03-24 11:00:00	I rather lack the ability to understand why the importers are forced to charge more nationwide when only the number two port is shut. Perhaps they have to pay the members of the port administration extra to assist them to mask their grief? No matter, we can just buy from the internet, use airfreight, bypass the local retail system entirely, and use the savings to take a weeks holiday. The airlines and couriers will make a bundle. The importers, agents, wholesalers and retailers plus trucking firms will drop off for a year or so, but who cares? It's going to be tricky getting petrol emailed or faxed, but there's probably an app for that.	R2x1 (4628)
1266641	2012-03-24 12:58:00	The only winners? A couple of f***wit Union leaders who have no PR skills, even less negotiating skills, no idea whatsoever of the real world, and who will still get paid regardless. :mad:I dont know. With all the jobs contracted or sub contracted out, will they still have a job? And if they left, who would have them, they wouldnt get a job as union delegates, what union would have them when they lost the jobs of their union employees. And what job would employ them, no employer wants someone who costs their business money like they are doing. Maybe they thought the port co. would just roll over, or they havent thought things through (even their own future) very well. They shouldnt be made redundent, they should all be sacked for not turning up ready to work, that way they wouldnt be entitled to go straight on the benefit either. Their greed is costing us all.	Iantech (16386)
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