a whole bunch of union members lost pay that day because they couldn't work.
The local ILWU supported the strike, and their contracts say they don't have to cross community picket lines. That is why the port was a focus.
Richard Washington, a longshoreman who refused work today, told Truthout about his intentions. "This wasn't ordered or suggested by the union leaders, the rank and file workers decided to not work today in support of Occupy Oakland. I am one of the longshoremen who did not take a job. The majority of the longshoremen at the hiring hall this morning decided not to take jobs. For the most part it was longshoremen walking off in solidarity with the general strike," adding "tonight, there will be a picket line and I don't think any longshoremen will cross the picket line."
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There was also a bunch of feather shortages this summer
I recently got a bookmark with a feather in it. Arthur now has the feather, but I still have the bookmark.
I get my hair cut in the middle of the day, but I don't think I waltz.
(The salon is in the same building as my office and offers really good employee discounts. So everyone does it whether they're exempt or union or whatever.)
she sells foils out of the back of her car.
Maybe! I should note that she does work on Sunday, but still. I think it's fascinating that I can't really get an after-work appointment.
I get my hair cut in the middle of the day, but I don't think I waltz.
I do, too, but it's more of a flamenco for me.
The hairdresser has a side-business of servicing customers out of her home, cutting out the salon owner as a middleman.
I actually hope she does. I know she's a single mother, so I basically think it's great that she's not working crazy hours, but I do honestly wonder how the bills get paid.
I also got my hair cut during the middle of the day (when I had a job). I called it "my lunch hour" though. And there was no waltzing, no flamenco. Maybe just a skosh of the macarena sometimes.
My hairstylist is having a baby and doesn't know how much she's going to work when she comes back. (It's her own salon.) It's already insane getting an appointment with her, it will be probably be a 6 months wait if she goes part time. She's good, but not that good.
How does my hairdresser make a living, working noon-6 and not on Saturdays?
Eight haircuts/day @ $50 = $400 + $100 in tips = $500
4 days/week = $2,000 x 50 weeks = $100,000 - ~$10,000 for chair rental
$100,000 - ~$10,000 for chair rental
Dang. I guess that explains why my old hairdresser has a pool.
(That and she lives on Staten Island.)
