On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:14:08PM -0700, Bradford DeLong wrote:
> >BUSH DECLARES WAR ON LABOR
> >
> >[Original link at
> >http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/000425.shtml#000425]
> >
> >Bush is officially seeking a Taft-Hartley injunction </a>in the dockworker
> >lockout. See
> >http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?PACKAGEID=BIZlabor1&SLUG=PORT%2dLABOR
> >
> >Here are some actions you can take in support of the dockworkers:
> >**Go to http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ilwu2/bksb2zkwt to send a
> >message to retailers who have promoted the injunction
> >** See ILWU's http://www.ilwu.org for their activist toolkit of sample
> >support letters and resolutions.
> >
> >To understand why issuing an injunction will be seen as an act of war by
> >unions...
>
> Is it?
>
> (a) Injunction is issued.
> (b) Dockworkers go back to work.
> (c) Shippers pay dockworkers.
> (d) Dockworkers continue to work-to-rule--as they were doing before
> the lockout.
> (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...
>
>
> Brad
>
>
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