Bush Intervenes in Port Lockout

Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | October 7, 2002 | SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer

[snopercod]

I'm glad to see Bush doing what is right, rather than what is politically correct.

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[rintense]

Agreed.

[Carry_Okie]

It gets him past Christmas and provides time to show what a thuggish bunch the ILWU really is.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Good !
these poor bastards must now go back to work for their $80-$160 K per year...

[MHGinTN]

I'm convinced this mess is orchestrated by the despotic democrat party, as their methodology to get the war off the front page. The democrat party doesn't care how much harm they cause, just how much it empowers them in their agenda.

[Eva]

Tom Daschle is a union lobbyist. He has sold out our homeland security for union votes and now the Democrat union members are selling out our national economy for the sake of over-paid union jobs. Call Tom Daschle and tell him to get his people back to work.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Dems are already trying to figure a way to spin this to make Bush appear the bad guy.

My guess is that they will try to portray Bush as anti-union and pro-big business.

[Viva Le Dissention]

What's that? You mean have Big Government step in and interfere with the free market exchange?

Some small government advocates you people are.

[Carry_Okie]

these poor bastards must now go back to work for their $80-$160 K per year...

Longshoremen? Work?

Let's not get carried away with the exaggerations, shall we?

[Doctor Stochastic]

Does the 80 day cooling-off period apply to lockouts as well as strikes. In this case, it's the employers that are refusing to let the workers work. (Same economic effect, different legally.)

[billbears]

How is this 'good' again? Granted, I don't want to see a lockout and I can't stand unions. However, it is not the government's place to negotiate deals for the private industry. This isn't like the air traffic controllers situation where lives would possibly be at stake.

[Carry_Okie]

I'm not sure, but I think so.

[bonesmccoy]

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[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Your post #6 crossed my mind too! I have a hard time feeling pity for people who strike who make the kind of money, or that baseball players make, etc. If they feel they need more pay, fine, but make your waves in a less destructive manner, and perhaps they should time it a tad better too!

We happen to be at war in this country. We need a healthy economy to support our troops. I don't think their timing generates a lot of sympathy to be quite honest.

[Teacher317]

This is "good" because the grossly overpaid union workers won't be allowed to strangle the entire US economy in their drive to appropriate more money for themselves at the expense of the general public (through higher prices). I would bet that there are many people who would be overjoyed to do the work for only $70,000 plus benefits, but of course the employer won't be allowed to hire them... unions have this cute little habit of getting the laws changed to favor them in every battle.

[Carry_Okie]

Great movie. I lived on a boat on the waterfront in Oakland, CA for nine years.

[ravingnutter]

I'm convinced this mess is orchestrated by the despotic democrat party

FYI...you'd be surprised what a quick cross-search under "Spinosa, Daschle" turns up...from August 16, 2002...

“Contract, Yes! Government intervention, No!” was the message of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the AFL-CIO, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and many mayors at rallies up and down the West Coast, Aug. 12. Thousands took to the streets in protest of a threat by the Bush administration to take over ports militarily in the event that the union decides to strike.

“I’m here because I think you are right on track. The stakes could not be higher,” Daschle said to the Portland, Ore., rally. “I say this administration is wrong, wrong, wrong, and you’ve got every right to fight, fight, fight!” “We will be with you until the last day to see that you get what you deserve,” Daschle said as he pledged that Democrats nationwide would defend the union’s right to strike.

Backing that message were other prominent Congressional Democrats including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.), who joined Daschle in Portland; Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sent strongly worded messages to the rallies.

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The usual suspects...

[McGavin999]

So what's free trade about having a bunch of greedy union thugs crippling the economy and putting thousands of innocent people out of work? What's free market about the ripple effect of people who are already higher paid than most corporate executives?

If we want to talk free trade, then the owners could go out and HIRE people who would be willing to work for $80,000 a year plus full medical coverage instead of being forced to wait for the nod from people who are afraid of technology.