Show Longshoremen Always Strike One of the prime examples in the labor management field which forced the economic crisis of recent years resulting in the present 90 day price-wage freeze is the behavior of the leadership of the International Longshoremen's Association in New THE has struck to force compliance with its demands before agreeing to a new contract on every negotiating occasion since World War This has caused heavy loss of dollars to shippers and inconvenience to THE PRESENT contract expires on Present hour-wages to New York longshoremen are an But they are guaranteed hours of pay a and there is not that much work available to They fa six-week vacations and 13 paid holidays a plus industry supported clinics and pensions that begin at a BUT THE I. L. A. is now demanding a one-year contract instead of three could mean annual an hourly wage of for six hours and the two additional hours of an eight-hour-day at plus other benefits including a guaranteed annual The national economy has withstood post-war strikes and inflationary settlements for many years but President Nixon was forced to act when it became clearly apparent that the economy could no longer continue to withstand such inflationary THE pattern of behavior cannot be allowed to continue if the American people's welfare comes first with the |