Seafarer's union official says crews offered big money to transit Strait of Hormuz

Seafarer's union official says crews offered big money to transit Strait of Hormuz As attacks continue to mount on shipping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a seafarer's union official says some crews are being offered big rewards for making the crossing. Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: President Trump blames the Russia-Ukraine war for soaring energy costs. The war with Iran, though, is the dominant factor keeping global diesel prices high. This weekend, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre reported two oil tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz were attacked. Nearly a hundred vessels have been hit since the U.S. war with Iran began, resulting in two dozen deaths, according to the U.N. And the attacks are taking on new forms.MANOJ YADAV: Small boats that surrounded a few of the vessels and started firing with RPG and even with the guns.ROSE: Manoj Yadav is the general secretary of a union representing merchant sailors from India - many of whom work in the Persian Gulf. He says because of that danger, ship captains and sailors making these transits are being offered big money.YADAV: Not only one time, two time, three times - five times of their salary they are getting just...