BUSH THREATENS DOCKERS' RIGHT TO STRIKE
By David Bacon

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (8/7/02) -- A labor war is looming on the
west coast docks, which could become the defining union
conflict of the Bush administration. But the traditional
issues of union bargaining -- wages, benefits and working
conditions -- have been preempted this spring by a much
more basic one: Do dockers have the right to strike at all?