If the unionized employees of the only U.S.makers of flu vaccine went on strike just before the company started to make its vaccine for the upcoming flu season,and if the flu season was projected to be severe,
A) the President of the U.S. could declare a national emergency strike and order the employees back to work for 80 days.
B) the President of the U.S. could declare a national emergency strike and send in an arbitrator to settle the strike immediately.
C) the President of the U.S. could not declare this a national emergency strike, because the Taft-Hartley Act provisions only apply to national defense.
D) the President of the U.S. could not declare this a national emergency strike until the strike has actually caused harm to citizens.

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The Taft-Hartley Act allows the President of the U.S. to declare a national emergency strike and order employees back to work for a maximum of 80 days if the strike poses a threat to the national health or safety. Since the strike by the unionized employees of the only U.S. makers of flu vaccine just before the company starts to make its vaccine for the upcoming flu season, and if the flu season is projected to be severe, it can be considered a threat to the national health. Therefore, the President of the U.S. could declare a national emergency strike and order the employees back to work for 80 days.

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