These attempts to dissolve union authority are state rights issues. They are unconstitutional. If union officials and their membership want to add enhancements to their contracts for labor strikes, then offer to service ships with time sensitive cargo to the extent that exists within a ships manifest.
March 12, 2015
By Chris Kirkhan
The short-term economic impact (click here) of the recent labor standoff at West Coast ports will be small, according to a new economic forecast, but the ports face a long-term struggle to remain competitive in the rapidly changing realm of global trade.
Many businesses in California, particularly those tied to agriculture, suffered from missed orders and produce spoiling on docks. But many other shipments were simply delayed rather than lost entirely, according to the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast.
The report estimates that backlogs during the labor dispute between shipping companies and dock workers — resolved late last month — will cause slightly slower economic growth in the state for the first three months.
"We're talking about tenths of a percent — very small stuff," said Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the Anderson Forecast who specialized in the California economy. "California is a $2.2-trillion economy, so it's hard to get any big numbers based on a relatively short labor dispute."...
The NLRB can always be tapped to carry out disputes with such laws, too. Such a law was have little to no effect on domestic economics. The USA imports devastating amounts of products, so to increase purchases of USA domestic products is a good thing.
The Nation’s (click here) international trade deficit in goods and services decreased
to $40.8 billion in September from $48.0 billion in August (revised),
as exports increased and imports decreased.
March 12, 2015
By Chris Kirkhan
The short-term economic impact (click here) of the recent labor standoff at West Coast ports will be small, according to a new economic forecast, but the ports face a long-term struggle to remain competitive in the rapidly changing realm of global trade.
Many businesses in California, particularly those tied to agriculture, suffered from missed orders and produce spoiling on docks. But many other shipments were simply delayed rather than lost entirely, according to the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast.
The report estimates that backlogs during the labor dispute between shipping companies and dock workers — resolved late last month — will cause slightly slower economic growth in the state for the first three months.
"We're talking about tenths of a percent — very small stuff," said Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the Anderson Forecast who specialized in the California economy. "California is a $2.2-trillion economy, so it's hard to get any big numbers based on a relatively short labor dispute."...
The NLRB can always be tapped to carry out disputes with such laws, too. Such a law was have little to no effect on domestic economics. The USA imports devastating amounts of products, so to increase purchases of USA domestic products is a good thing.
