Unions may even try for the repeal of provision 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows states to pass right-to-work laws that ban forced unionization.
If President Obama is serious about protecting critical infrastructure, fostering a climate that is conducive to international trade and investment, and cultivating the conditions for economic growth, he should invoke the powers afforded him under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 to bar a strike by the longshoremen.