Suspicious coincidence...
A paranoid, conspiracy-minded person might wonder why the unions out here, which have long been stuck to the back end of the Democratic party like a lamprey, would choose now to throw this monkey wrench into the economy. I would love to get a look at the e-mails between the ILWU and the DNC over the past couple of months...
Management's story.
The Union's story.
(Browsing around this site is most interesting. Last refuge of the Socialist International. They've even got their own Leonard Peltier and Mumia pages. Wonder how many of the actual rank and file are fervent supporters of cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal...)