strike, keep on walking. because that s the end of your union and us. i m bringing in replacements. and they are heavily armed. so if you want to come aboard with your thumbs and the clubs and the guns, you better know that every single one of our tugboats is ready to take you on. i got no choice. i may be dead either way. clearly luck has played a role in their survival, but it is certainly not everything. what is it about your family that s been able to hold on to this with so many other family businesses leaving the family after the second, third and fourth generation? i think it s that irishmenalty of tradition, the passion for tradition. they just want to hold on to it and they just don t need that much money. 53-year-old jeffrey mcallister s is eric s third company and a fifth generation