Striking Goodyear Workers: Potentially Immoblizing the War Machine
A recent example of the state threatening to distort the free market in the realm of labor relations:
The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face of a looming shortage of tyres for Humvee trucks and other military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan. A strike involving 17,000 members of the United Steelworkers union has crippled 16 Goodyear plants in the US and Canada since October 5. The main issues in dispute are the company’s plans to close a unionised plant in Texas, and a proposal for workers to shoulder future increases in healthcare costs.
Hat tip to Charles Johnson.
The strike has ended but anyone interested in following the union behind it can do so at this link.
Natasha | Anarchy, Labor, War and Peace
