[Superman]

That's the problem Rick. The gubmit IS getting involved. The Board, with its Dubya appointees, have suddenly decided that people with scheduling duties are somehow now "management" and not entitled to the legal protections they had last week. So, these are supposedly "management" people, with out legal protections, who have very little authority. For example, charge nurses rarely, if ever, have hiring or firing authority. They are schedulers, for cryin' out loud.

And again, one more time, the point is much broader than this. Suddenly, a substantial portion of the folks at Sears are not entitled to legal protections because they write up the schedule each week.

One more time, Dubya and his cronies are going to be regarded in the future as the folks who totally screwed things up for business by taking things too far. The National Labor Relations Act will perhaps be amended to clarify that everyone except those with financial capital in the business AND salaries of more than $200K are entitled to bargain collectively. In that case, business will be SCREWED and the balance of power will fall decidedly on the left. Your champion is selling next season away.