The injunction, which the PMA desired greatly, is in effect a "lock in." The workers can engage in NO on-the-job dissidence whatsoever, as Michael stated. Left their own devices the PMA could not beat the ILWU. Thus their repeated attempts to inflame the situation to draw govt mediators into the picture, to do whatever they can to avoid giving the ILWU a contract, which is part of a long term goal to simply break the union. The Bush injunction is NOT to the ILWU's long term benefit. It is what management wanted.
Brian
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:
> the dockworkers can be fired under TH if they slowdown.
>
> 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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