Obama’s Reaganesque Choice? Strike Breaker or Economy Killer

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 4th at 05:30 PM  | 

Less than a month from now, on September 30th, a union contract covering about 14,500 workers at 14 ports up and down the U.S. East Coast expires. The union, the International Longshoreman’s Association* (of On the Waterfront fame and one-third of whose members reportedly make more than $200,ooo annually) has already authorized a strike that would begin on October 1st.