Subject: Re: The potential October surprise:
Funny, but none of the news articles ever indicate the number of hours of overtime necessary -- or the number of years on the job -- necessary to hit those big numbers. A quick look at Indeed shows dock workers starting salaries at $17.14 in Nashville to $22.87 in Portland with a national average hourly salary of $26.47:


Per your article

“How much does a Longshoreman make at CSX in the United States?

The estimated average pay for Longshoreman at this company in the United States is $26.47 per hour, which is 33% above the national average.”
I’m sure that $26.47 rate is for the average laborer, not including and higher uppers.

In my prior life I was a Union worker for going on 23 years.
An eight hour day was straight time, your hourly wage.
Any hours over 8 hours per day was time and a half
Eight hour Saturday shift paid time and a half.
Sundays paid double time and Holidays paid double and a half.
If you worked over 12 hours per one shift, even if it was 12 hours and 15 minutes the pay was double time for all hours that shift.

I’m sure overtime pay is more than equal to what I was paid back when and I’m sure there is a lot of overtime to be had.