How much do I tip the porter at the pier?

[DocF]

If one wants to see why the folk who post on this board are not well thought of on several other sites, just read some of the obnoxious folk on this thread.

[donaldsc]

These guys are unionized and are making more than most cruisers before any tips roll in.

 

This thread started in 2011 and you had to add to it. Come'on.

 

DON

[taglovestocruise]

No kidding. I'm sure the guys driving the forklifts are making more hourly than the guys standing around loading bags onto carts and neither one is approaching $75,000.

 

You are living a decade in the past....

 

Wages

 

The hourly wage of an experienced longshoreman under the most recent union contract, affecting U.S. East Coast and West Coast ports, is $35 per hour; with wages for newcomers starting at $20. A longshoreman's total compensation, though, includes benefits that amount to 24 percent of the hourly wage and a bonus for each container of cargo they work with. The bonuses and benefits drive the potential hourly compensation up to $44.20 per hour, or $91,998 per year for a longshoreman who works 40 hours each week

 

And a lot of them work well over 40 hours per week.

[GUT2407]

Not a cent. Won't find any at any Port I cruise out of.

[preschool teacher]

Used to do one but now do 2 a bag and a flat rate if the transport at the end of cruise....