President Of ILA Union Leading US Port Strike Receives Papal Blessing From Pope Francis

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) dockworkers union strike has entered day three with no end in sight. As more Americans and those around the world continue to become increasingly aware of the strike and how it will affect them, and U.S. and world economies, new information has come to light that adds some additional context to the union’s connections and endorsements and why the strike might be transpiring the way that it is.

After an extended deadlock with the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) went nowhere, the contract with the ports and workers expired last night and affects roughly 45,000 ILA members. Around 25,000 of those employees walked off the job and are protesting.

Workers are asking for a 77% increase in pay over the next 6 years, and are protesting automation taking over their jobs.

SEE: Massive US Port Strike Takes Effect And Could Seriously Disrupt Supply Of Goods And Increase Prices. Protests Turn Violent

What’s Going On With Shipping provides more updates into the ongoing strike on a podcast with What The Truck?

Panic-buying in some parts of the U.S. has already begun.

President Joe Biden and the White House have officially taken the side of the ILA and will not use executive powers to end the strike. “They made incredible profits, over 800% profit since the pandemic, and the owners are making tens of millions of dollars from this,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday. “It’s time for them to sit at the table and get this strike done.”

Supporting the strikes could also help Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for President. NBC New York wrote:

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Vice President Kamala Harris is relying on support from organized labor in her presidential campaign against Donald Trump.

If the longshoremen’s strike drags on long enough and causes shortages that antagonize American consumers, pressure could grow on Biden to change course and intervene. But experts like [William Brucher, a labor relations expert at Rutgers University], suggest that most voters have already made up their minds and that the election outcome is “really more about turnout” now.

Which means, Brucher said, that “Democrats really can’t afford to alienate organized labor.”

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ILA’s President Harold J. Daggett’s remarks have gone viral, after claiming that their labor strike will last indefinitely until their hefty demands are met, and has callously said “I will cripple you.”

Daggett’s strong rebuke has gotten widespread attention as more and more people learn who he is.

Fox News highlighted the ‘lavish’ lifestyle he lives. He makes roughly $900,000 annually, owns multiple homes and yachts and fancy cars. Elon Musk posted on X that Daggett has more yachts than he does.

Interestingly enough, Daggett was invited to the Vatican last year to receive papal blessings from Pope Francis.

According to a ILA press release posted on December 15, 2023, the bulletin reads:

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ILA President Harold J. Daggett has been invited by Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church, to send a delegation of ILA leaders to meet with the Holy Father at the Vatican in Rome. Pope Francis extended this invitation to dockworker leaders globally to meet with him in early January 2024, and the Holy Father will use the gathering to offer Papal blessings for all dockworkers around the world.

I am deeply honored that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has honored me and the ILA with this invitation to meet with him and receive blessings for ILA members and their families. Pope Francis has indicated that his blessings will extend to those waterfront longshore unions like ours that we may negotiate a great contract for our members.

ILA President Harold J. Daggett, said

ILA President Daggett will send Dennis Daggett, ILA Executive Vice President; John Daggett, Atlantic Coast District General Vice President; Kenneth Oelkers, ILA Education Director and Jordi Aragunde, General Coordinator of the International Dockworkers’ Council to meet with the Holy Father and receive the Papal Blessings.

Pope Francis has great love and respect for workers around the world, and he is especially fond of longshore workers. As a young man growing up in Argentina, Pope Francis worked as a janitor before beginning his educational training as a chemist and later devoting his life to the priesthood.

Daggett added

The ILA leader said the Pope’s invitation to all dockworker leaders from around the world speak volumes to the respect he has for them and the work they do representing waterfront workers.

To offer prayers for our ILA members and their families and blessings that we negotiate a good contract for them is truly a wonderful Christmas gift to our union and its members. We thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, for recognizing the value and contributions of dockworkers in America and around the world.

Daggett said

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Some ILA protests have already turned violent. Union members at a port in Boston attacked a trashman trying to do his job.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

Of course, go figure, why am I not surprised that this guy is just another pimp for the pope? And now, knowing this, and piecing together all that we know and what’s happening, it makes perfect sense what is happening. This is yet another clear instance of blatant Jesuitry and papal warlording at its finest.

SEE: Pope Francis Renews Calls For Global World Order After ‘Learning’ Lessons From The Covid Pandemic, Saying It Had ‘Positive Effects’

The ILA is being used and weaponized at the expense of the country; to keep prices of goods and services higher, which helps cover up for the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts and latest round of quantitative easing; whilst aiding in creating blatant food shortages in the U.S., something that I have been writing and warning about for years was deliberately happening. Some include:

• Hunger Games: World Bank And Cargill Simulated Food Crisis That Starts In 2020 During Pandemic, Predicts Carbon And Meat Taxes In 2024
• International Ports Going “Net Zero” And “Smart” Could Explain Some Of Supply Chain Shortages And Famine
• ‘Food Wars’ Are Imminent, Warns Top Commodities Trader. Expect Food Prices To Rise Dramatically
• World Bank Announces Planned Actions For Global Food Crisis Response
• UN Warns That The War In Ukraine Will Create Major Food Shortages, Calling It A ‘Catastrophe On Top Of A Catastrophe’

Once again, “Mystery Babylon” strikes again.

Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: [2] With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. [4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: [5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [15] And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. [18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. [11] And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: [12] The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, [13] And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

SEE: How God Uses Roman Catholicism To Judge And Enslave Unrighteous Nations

This proverb also sums up what is taking place right now:

Proverbs 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. [25] The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [26] He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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