Bush War on Labor: ILWU Injunctions and Links for Action and Legal Background

/ dave / arouet at winternet.com
Wed Oct 9 12:43:20 PDT 2002


Bradford DeLong wrote:


> (e) Not all that much cargo is moved--so shippers have a big incentive
> to settle: they're paying out wages and getting little in return.
>
> What am I missing? It seemed to me that Bush's injunction is actually
> going an offensive move against the shippers. But I may well be out of
> my depth here...

What about the possibility that the Unions might be charged with "contempt" as a result of any slowdown? Are the potential penalties and/or repercussions of a sufficient magnitude that they could adversely affect the Union's ability to maintain its position?

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/ dave /



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