US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six years

Well that shows how much profits weren't going into worker pockets.

If health care had internal solidarity, to do this type of thing, there probably wouldn’t be a shortage of workers willing to do direct patient care.

Good for these guys. The reality is that when you stay with a job you rarely get that pay rise commensurate with skill as the years creep forward such that the newer generation can sometimes make more than you year one, after you’ve worked 10yrs. This is why unions are key. They prevent that behind the scenes BS from occurring. And push cost of living increases on your behalf. The percentage sounds like a lot but when you break it down it’s simply logical increase.

Wew, 10% per year? That's actually pretty solid, if I'm not missing anything. And having a good deal that lasts THIS long actually flips the normal shitty status quo of multi-year contracts on its' head, now they won't need to go to the effort of big strikes for a good few years while they've got these fair wage increases locked in.

given expected 2% target inflation of prices YOY, that's about 8.3%/yr raise good for them.

I'm not sure how I feel about the no automation clause.