A federal judge granted
President George W. Bush’s request to end a 10-day lockout of
about 10,500 union workers at U.S. West Coast ports that’s
disrupting auto plants, food shipments and trade with Asia. The
ports were set to open tomorrow night, shipping companies said.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco granted a
Bush administration request for a temporary restraining order that
forces union employees to return to work through Oct. 16. After
that, the court will hear the government’s request for an 80-day
“cooling-off period” under the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act.
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“The work stoppage is hurting our entire economy,” Bush
said at the White House after receiving a report by a fact-finding
board. The shutdown “is hurting the security of our country,”
costing the U.S. as much as $1 billion and 1,000 farming economy
jobs daily while blocking military shipments, he said. Retailer
stocks rose on the prospect of opened ports.
Bloomberg News
