“People are going to sit up and realize how important longshoremen jobs are,” Daggett said Tuesday. “They won’t be able to sell cars. They won’t be able to stock malls. They won’t be able to do anything in this country without my f***ing people. And it’s about time they start realizing it.”
The white-haired, acerbic, profane-laden leader is in his fourth term as union president. He is leading thousands of men and women into the organization’s most militant stance yet against port operators following decades of fierce contract negotiations with ocean carriers.
Daggett, who often shows up to sit-down interviews in muscle shirts, gold…
