[Zeke]

Let someone else take this one on. But, yeah, most people are accountable.

There is a guy like this at my wife's work. He's in the Longshore union but all he does is clean bathrooms and sweep. Comes in a couple hours before the gangs and goes home after 8 hours. He's got a steady 5 day/wk gig whereas the Longshores may work almost anytime, mostly day and evening shifts and not too many weekends.

This guy is hardly seen. He's got some kind of forklift he drives with a bin on the front with a broom, rake and shovel. I guess he gets the big stuff but the pier he takes care of along with the facilities is a half mile long and 500' wide. He's supposed to keep the weeds in check along the fences and keep stuff out of the storm drains. He's marginal at best on that. He really can't get in any trouble for his performance because he is union. No one but union can clean or pick up any trash. The large open areas in and out of the warehouses are done by a street sweeper. Another union guy with an equipment operator license. But he'll go within 6' of a fence, equipment, pallets, etc. leaving a lot of perimeter to maintain.

I don't know what the basic pay scale is, but the cleaner/sweeper makes $70,000 a year, I'm sure, with vacation and all the trimmings. You talk about protective of his job.