That's correct. This is how we see it, and in fact, it is our lived reality. These issues continue to exist, regardless of whether they're legislated away. These pressures exist and continue to mount, agreement after agreement, without resolve. This leads to greater instability on the waterfront.
It's only through effective collective bargaining that we can get these issues resolved. That's why we criticize this bill: It effectively removes the right to strike, which undermines the entire apparatus, the entire premise on which collective bargaining is built—having that economic power. It's the only time we can balance against the economic power that the employer inherently has on a day-to-day basis.