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Mix-Ansicht- Bushs Gefecht mit den letzten Marxisten - Trixx, 10.10.2002, 12:26
- Re: Bushs kämpft an zu vielen Fronten! ;-) - Wal Buchenberg, 10.10.2002, 14:50
- Nach dem Streik: Gericht kontrolliert Fleiss der Arbeiterschaft - Bob, 10.10.2002, 18:56
- Re: Nach dem Streik: Gericht kontrolliert Fleiss der Arbeiterschaft - Euklid, 10.10.2002, 19:11
Nach dem Streik: Gericht kontrolliert Fleiss der Arbeiterschaft
-->Das witzige ist ja, dass die Anordnung von einem Gericht kommt. Jetzt muss das Gericht auch kontrollieren, ob"gebummelstreikt" wird. Die Gewerkschaft empfiehlt: Dienst nach Vorschrift!
To monitor compliance with the court order, management officials said they will monitor productivity numbers, typically how many containers each of the big ship-to-shore cranes on the docks are moving per hour, and will furnish the information to the federal judge in San Francisco who ordered to end the lockout.
The temporary restraining order issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge William Alsup enjoins the union and management from interfering with the orderly continuation of work on the docks. The judge scheduled a hearing for Oct. 11 to decide whether to issue a permanent injunction that mandates an 80-day"cooling off" period in the dispute.
If the union is suspected of dragging its feet, it could land back in federal court having to explain to the judge why it shouldn't be held in contempt, facing potential fines and other penalties. It isn't clear whether the PMA could bring such a complaint or whether the Bush administration would have to file such an action.
Discerning the difference between a deliberate slowdown and a determination to work safely may be tricky. Longshore workers say they are pressured by employers to bypass safety rules to meet production expectations. For example, the contract sets a 10-mile-an-hour speed limit in dockyards, but workers routinely drive in excess of 30 miles an hour.
Another rule requires workers standing on top of cargo containers to wear a harness and tie onto a fixed object. Longshore workers are lifted up to a container in baskets that are attached to cranes. To save time, workers typically jump onto the container, make adjustments and get back into the basket without tying off. The process takes about 20 seconds compared with the two to three minutes it takes to abide by safety rules.
The union says the safety drive was prompted by recent deaths, including three fatalities since May. Added congestion has made working on the docks like working"in the middle of a freeway," said ILWU spokesman Tom Price. He said that last month, a longshore worker at the Port of Los Angeles was run over by a huge forklift and killed.
At the port of Oakland, Calif., dockworker Ted Campbell said he wasn't instructed to work faster by union representatives, but rather to work safely."By the book," he said."You can't work slow, you have to work safe."
According to the PMA, longshoremen who load and unload cargo receive an average of $85,952 for working 2,080 hours a year. Marine clerks, who keep track of cargo, receive $92,860 for working the same number of hours while union foremen make $104,566 for a similar amount of hours.
In San Francisco, a local union will have an official patrolling the docks in the coming weeks to ensure that the"letter of the law" is being met, said Richard Mead, president of the longshore worker's union Local 10."We're going to do everything legally," said Mr. Mead.
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