[Pikachu_Dad]

What I want to know is just how did he stop the UNIONS?

My understanding is that it was the OWNERS that precipitated this crisis by locking out the unions.

This means the unions get to go back to work and continue their work slowdown which is how they were handling it before Bush intervened.

So how does this decision hurt the Unions? It seems to me that it helps. Unless the invocation of the act also prevents the work slowdown in some way?

[ImphClinton]

No they have to go back to work fulltime, no slowdown. If they stage a slowdown now the court can slap them with huge fines. The court could even de-certify the Union if they kept it up. In that case the Shippers could hire whoever they wanted. The workers could re unionize but not under the same Union. Never happen of course. With the liberal courts we have now days I wonder if the courts would enforce the law at all.

Management won this round hands down.

They will no doubt pay for it in 80 days though.

[truth_seeker]

So how does this decision hurt the Unions?

A local union spokesman said that 80 days hence will be during the holidays--the slowest time for shipping. He said at that time, the owners would be less likely to settle. Sounded like an owner advantage, not necessarily a victory.

The sight of all those huge ships is perhaps a once in a lifetime event. My friends are taking pictures, to record it.