ABSTRACT
This chapter explores each of the union's maneuvers as either judicial or legislative then details the action and discusses the relevance of each to the union's overall goal of keeping the plant open. It evaluates the union's judicial and legislative strategy in an historical context. Connie Malloy thought US organized labor naturally would get behind Hiler's bill and that, at the very least, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) could count on support from labor's reliable allies in Congress. Federal tax preferences for Puerto Rico date back to the Foraker Act of 1900. This law was enacted within two years of the US takeover of Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898 and temporarily codified Puerto Rico's political and economic relationship with the United States. OCAW's 1991-1993 attack on Section 936 was not the first time federal tax exemptions for Puerto Rico had been challenged and amended.
