A bill introduced on June 5 would expand the powers granted by the Taft-Hartley Act regarding labor disputes at U.S. ports. The Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act would grant to state governors the intervention powers currently reserved for the President “whenever a port labor dispute is causing economic harm” and it would define “labor slowdowns” as well as strikes as triggers for invoking Taft-Hartley provisions by the President or by governors.
