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Port Milwaukee Dockworkers File Workers' Comp Claims For Tariff Whiplash
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Dockworkers at Port Milwaukee say the back-and-forth on trade tariffs is doing more than giving them a headache. Now they're filing the paperwork.
Transcript
Dockworkers at Port Milwaukee are filing workers' comp claims this week. They're claiming whiplash.
One crane operator's claim lists his injured body part as his neck, in both directions. The cause of injury is tariff on, tariff off.
On screenLakeshore Mutual Workers' Compensation · Employee Claim for Injury · WC-0817-4432 · Claimant · Kasimir Nowak · Position · Crane operator, Berth 3 · Date of injury · Every day since August · Body part · Neck (both directions) · Cause of injury · Tariff on. Tariff off. · Symptoms worsen with each announcement. Recommended treatment: avoid headlines. · UNDER REVIEW
One container of Canadian steel has been loaded onto the same ship and taken off again nine times since August. It has not left Wisconsin.
The harbor office now posts tariff status on a flip sign. Workers are told to check again at noon.
On screenTARIFFS: ON · Check again at noon. Do not move the Canadian steel. · - Harbor Office · door
The port has set up a chiropractor's table on the dock. Each visit covers one direction.
The dock chiropractor is booked through the midterms.
Satire. Everything in this reel is made up for comedy.
