Tagged: union unrest

11:12am

Mon February 6, 2012
Labor contracts

Longview grain terminal, union working together

LONGVIEW, Wash. — After a year of sometimes-violent demonstrations with multiple arrests at the Port of Longview, the EGT terminal and Longshore union jointly announced Monday they're working together for the first time for a grain ship arriving Tuesday.

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10:07am

Fri September 30, 2011
Union unrest

Judge fines Longshore union $250,000 over tactics

Credit Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge has fined a Longshore union $250,000 for its tactics in a Longview labor dispute.

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9:36am

Thu September 22, 2011
Union unrest

Sheriff: Longshoremen strike in Longview costly, nerve-wracking

Credit Associated Press

LONGVIEW, Wash. — The Cowlitz County sheriff says continuing labor strife at a Port of Longview grain terminal is straining nerves and budgets.

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11:40am

Wed September 21, 2011
Union unrest

Update: Longshoremen pepper-sprayed, arrests made in Longview

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A conflict over Longshore union jobs at the Port of Longview, Wash., grain terminal is flaring up again with the arrest of protesters blocking railroad tracks.

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2:20pm

Fri September 16, 2011
Union unrest

Longshore workers from protest show up for arrests

Credit Associated Press

KELSO, Wash. — About 200 Longshore workers stopped by a courthouse in Washington state to turn themselves in but left a short time later after no arrests were made.

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3:57pm

Thu September 15, 2011
Union unrest

Longshoremen union held in contempt for terminal raid

Credit Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge has found a union in contempt of court after hundreds of its members raided a grain terminal in southwestern Washington, smashed windows and menaced security guards last week.

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2:39pm

Tue September 13, 2011
Union unrest

Arrests made stemming from Longview union protests

KELSO, Wash. — Authorities in Washington have arrested two people in connection with the union takeover of a Longview grain terminal, including a worker caught on video in a vulgarity-laced tirade outside the union hall.

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10:03am

Fri September 9, 2011
Union unrest

Long history of Longshore labor unrest on West Coast

Credit Associated Press

Port managers and workers up and down the west coast are closely watching the unrest in Longview, Wash. That’s where unionized longshoremen early Thursday morning stormed a port terminal and clashed with police.

If the unrest continues, this could be the first time west coast shipping is brought to a standstill in nearly 10 years.

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