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local lodge 478 News  Wall Street Journal Supports Anti-Union Campaign1/30/2003Wall Street Journal Supports Anti-Union Campaign "The authors of a 1/29 Wall Street Journal editorial, calling for radical changes to the Railway Labor Act, appear intent on gutting the law that brought collective bargaining rights to U.S. air and rail workers," said GVP Robert Roach, Jr. "When applied properly, the law is very effective," countered Roach. "In 2000, the Machinists Union and Continental Airlines reached a tentative agreement 90 days after the contract's amendable date. In December, the IAM and Southwest Airlines reached a tentative accord only six weeks after the amendable date." Since 1997, the National Mediation Board resolved over 600 cases without strikes and service interruptions. During that time only three cases resulted in self-help strikes, work stoppages or lock-outs. In 1996, after three years of hearings, the Dunlop Commission concluded that labor and management should be permitted to jointly seek their own solutions and that no changes to the law were necessary. "Overturning a law that works is senseless," said Roach. "The Wall Street Journal's support of a political campaign to strip air and rail workers of their collective bargaining rights is why so many readers avoid the Journal's editorial pages altogether."
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