Thursday, September 8, 2011

Whoa! Longshoremen mount wildcat strike in Seattle

Longshoremen in Seattle and Tacoma struck the ports after their union brothers and sisters stormed the Port of Longview, blocked a train and dumped grain.

KOMO News has the story:
Hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the Port of Longview, overpowered security guards, damaged rail cars and dumped grain at the center of a labor dispute that has spread to Seattle and Tacoma ports, officials said Thursday.
Six guards were detained for a couple of hours after 500 or more Longshoremen broke down gates about 4:30 a.m. and smashed windows in the guard shack, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha.
No one was hurt, and nobody has been arrested. Most of the protesters returned to their union hall after cutting brake lines and spilling grain from car at the EGT terminal, he said.
Read the whole thing here.