All I know is some of our products have been languishing on the docks and
we've been losing big bucks in overseas sales.  I've never been pro-union and
I'm less so now. Strikes accomplish nothing now except higher costs and prices
and bad feelings.  Higher pay and more job security?  Not bloody likely in
present-day economic conditions.  I say call the Guard in.

Sorry if I sound hard-hearted but I think while unions had their uses in the
early part of this century and helped workers to improve the conditions, etc.,
government agencies such as OSHA have taken on that role, and unions don't
accomplish much, practically speaking.

Kat

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:24:11 -0500 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This just came down the wire from STRATFOR.  I
> would hate to think of the
> possibility of National Guard troops knocking
> heads  or busting caps if the
> longshoremen don't come to the table on this
> one.  Anybody know the inside
> scoop (not CNN's version) on this?: