Organized labor wants to catch up but.../Other things of note

It continues to be the turn of organized labor to extract greater pay for its members as any labor agreement coming due this year was struck pre Covid when the cost of living was sharply lower (has risen 18% just since February 2020 as measured by CPI). It looks like the West Coast dockworkers will see a cumulative 32% pay raise over the next 5 years. W…