YGTBFKM Toons: A Union Fat Cat With More Yachts Than Elon Musk

Stereotypical union bosses of old have mostly retired, been indicted, gone to jail, or have died (some in prison).

However, now and then, the public is treated to the spectacle of an old-fashioned union boss—the type that still calls union members “his men.”

Harold J. Dagget, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) president, is one of those old-time union bosses.

Daggett, who is making good on his threat to cripple the U.S. economy by striking all of the ports along the East and Gulf Coasts, all the while been blasting “corporate greed.”

While his members are going without paychecks as they “cripple” America’s economy, Daggett can visit them in his Bentley and go home to his mansion in the New Jersey suburbs—that is if he’s not sleeping on his yacht to be closer to his men picketing at the port.

Some may wonder about “union greed” when looking at Mr. Daggett’s lifestyle.

Consider this from the New York Post:

Harold Daggett — the union boss who has vowed to “cripple” the US economy if ports don’t ban automation and raise dockworkers’ wages sharply — had a Bentley convertible parked outside his sprawling mansion in New Jersey this week, exclusive photos obtained by The Post reveal.

Photos taken by drone on Tuesday show the British luxury car parked with its top up outside what appears to be a five-car garage that’s connected to his 7,136-square-foot, Tudor-style home by a covered skyway.

The hulking, two-story mansion — located on a 10-acre property in Sparta, a leafy enclave 50 miles west of New York City — encircles a spacious backyard patio with an amoeba-shaped pool.

The New York Post did not mention Mr. Daggett’s yacht. However, Elon Musk sure noticed it.

Besides wanting a 77% increase in wages, the ILA also wants a “total ban” on automation at the ports.

Now, it’s easy to see why. After all, union jobs pay union dues, which, in turn, pay union bosses like Mr. Daggett…and robots don’t pay the union dues to enable union bosses like Daggett to live in mansions, ride around in Bentleys, or buy yachts.

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