Dear Sean,
They will do whatever the
contracts say the can do! Somehow the
Longshoreman got the ship -owners /
operators to agree to the contract at
Whittier. I can understand why Carnival
wants their own people to handle the
luggage on the ship; they are already
there, they know the ship, and most
importantly they will get paid whether
or not they move the luggage.
At $29 an hour, I'd even consider moving
my own luggage aboard and off; it would
arrive when and where I do and I would
know where it was. Also, I wouldn't
throw it through the air!
Cheers,
John

Sean wrote:
Am I missing something? I always thought the Longshoremen never went
on the ships.....they just transported them from the dock to the ships
hold.