OPINION
CONBOY, District Judge:
In the early 1980s hard times fell upon the American maritime shipping industry. The international market for such services was being increasingly dominated by foreign carriers, principally, it was thought, because labor costs on American vessels made them noncompetitive. In such circumstances, the shipping companies and unions sometimes found themselves in common distress at the prospective loss of contracts and jobs. In...
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