International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett pushed back against concerns on the impacts his labor union’s port strike could have on the U.S. economy, claiming people “never gave a s*** about us” until the strike started.

The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight.

Harold Daggett isn’t afraid of a fight. The union leader has twice won cases against the US Justice Department over alleged Mafia ties. Now he has laid down the gauntlet to Joe Biden, threatening to “cripple” the US economy with strike action,