Alioto Confident in San Francisco Race Amid Legal Clouds
San Francisco mayoral candidate Joseph L. Alioto faces a $2.3 million civil suit by 13 public agencies, a federal bribery and conspiracy indictment, and a Look Magazine libel case that ended in a hung jury. He insists he will win Nov. 2, citing strong backing from downtown business leaders and labor unions despite the legal turmoil.
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West Coast Dock Strike History Shapes Taft Hartley Use
The Taft Hartley Act has been repeatedly invoked to force West Coast longshoremen back to work. Since Nixon used the law, eight prior dock disputes show cooling off periods rarely yield lasting settlements. The 1948 and 1959 60 steel strikes illustrate tentative gains from injunctions but long fights resume after expiry.
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