Shipping terminals in Seattle, Tacoma and Everett were idled as workers joined the protest in the town of Longview, where police said union members rushed into a contested loading area in the pre-dawn hours, cutting brake lines on a train full of grain, pushing a security vehicle into a ditch and dumping part of the grain cargo off the train. The protest followed a clash with police Wednesday in which longshoremen blocked railroad tracks near Vancouver, Wash., to prevent the grain from reaching the export terminal, 45 miles west. Union leaders contend the terminal should be staffed with members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

L.A. Times, ‘Longshoremen in Washington walk off the job’ (via douglascarlucci)

Our new Fault Lines episode next Monday, December 19th 2230 GMT/5:30p EST is on the decline of labor unions in the US. 

(via douglascarlucci)

Source: Los Angeles Times

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