very little is done manually any more beth, it is going to be hard to get
public sympathy for them at their pay rate. and especially calif, there is
not much time that ice burgs come into the harbor. they can work on most
days.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth H. Thiers
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 10/30/2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Dockworkers' Strike

I may be wrong but, that's only if they are at the highest skill level
(eg.
crane operators) and are able to work all year long which apparently in
this
spot they aren't able to.  I'm torn, I just wish the hard heads on
either
side get a grip.

Beth T.

Subject: Re: Dockworkers' Strike


 these guys are making 80-100000 dollars a year. i'd like to starve on
their
salary.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 10/29/2002 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Dockworkers' Strike

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?: