An ocean of blackmail
7th February 1981, Page 26
7th February 1981
Page 26
Page 26, 7th February 1981
— An ocean of blackmail
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IF A COURT of law finds that members of the International Longshoremen's Association in America do not have exclusive rights to handle containers in the maritime trade, Atlantic and Gulf port employers will recognise their right to strike. The two sides have signed an agreement to this effect. To my simple mind this sounds like collusion to overturn a decision of the justices and to place unions and employers above the law.
Moreover, any shipping company that diverted containers to a port where a court had banned an ILA monopoly would have to pay $1,000 for each — $500 to the port's pension fund and $500 to the local ILA welfare fund. Blackmail is presumably permissible for charity.