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This anti-labor attitude was articulated best by President Bush, whose advisor for congressional affairs once served as a corporate vice-president for Frank Lorenzo, the notorious unionbusting chair of Texas Air, Eastern's parent company...
...unfortunate that the question in the Eastern strike has been, "Why are they screwing up my travel plans?" instead of, "Why won't Lorenzo make any reasonable concessions to the workers?" The public assumes that unions, not management, are automatically to blame for labor disputes...
Public debate scarcely considered that Lorenzo's reckless management style, not unreasonable union demands, might be at the root of Eastern's financial distress...
...ugliest buyouts in recent history, Lorenzo purchased the successful Continental Airlines. Within two years, he had dragged the company into bankruptcy. While the case was still in bankruptcy court, Lorenzo used Continental's $50 million in cash reserves to purchase stock' in other companies...
Conveniently, under the provisions of Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws, Lorenzo was allowed to void all prior union contracts to help bring Continental back to its feet. Today, Continental Airlines flies the skies again--staffed by nonunion workers...