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Obama's Minions at work here on the West coast.
LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha.
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, he said.
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, Duscha said.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union believes it has the right to work at the facility, but the company has hired a contractor that's staffing a workforce of other union laborers.
Meanwhile, the international union is investigating reports of a wildcat strike at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.
"It appears the members have taken action on their own," said ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees from union headquarters in San Francisco. "We're trying to understand how many are involved and to what extent this apparent wildcat action has spread."
Thursday's violence at Longview was first reported by Kelso radio station KLOG.
Police from several agencies in southwest Washington, the Washington State Patrol and Burlington Northern Santa Fe responded to the violence to secure the scene that followed a demonstration Wednesday.
"We're not surprised," Duscha said. "A lot of the protesters were telling us this in only the start."
One sergeant was threatened with baseball bats and retreated, Duscha said. "One officer with hundreds of Longshoremen? He used the better part of discretion."
The train was the first grain shipment to arrive at Longview. It arrived Wednesday night after police arrested 19 demonstrators who tried to block the tracks. They were led by ILWU International President Robert McEllrath, who said they would return.
The blockade appeared to defy a federal restraining order issued last week against the union after it was accused of assaults and death threats.
EGT chief executive Larry Clarke said it was unfortunate that law enforcement needed to make arrests.
...hmmm,sounds like somewhere DHS might want to be...(give Uncle Big Sis some other piss puddle to smell huh?)...
ReplyDeletebtw,good past posts bro,playin'catchup...
Yeah, where's the Testicle Squeezer ASSociation? Fondling old ladies and children. Union thugs are "hands off"...
ReplyDeleteHey Ken, glad to see you back on the interweb! Yeah, it seems this was an un-sanctioned hit by union members. Perhaps their little thugs are slipping the leash.
ReplyDeleteHey Craig, TSA would piss their pants and run away crying if they had to face the bunch this article portrayed!
ReplyDeleteSo let meet this straight, you guys hate the union "thugs" because they want to work their jobs and not let scabs come in and take their jobs.
ReplyDeleteAfter all the Unions gave us the 40 hour work week, overtime, Safety Rules, no Child Labor, those little things. The Mega-corps are trying with all their might to take every job away from any American that is making a descent wage, including Cops, Firefighters,etc. Because they are such slackers, I mean what do firefighters do besides save lives, big whoop, right?
You quote Thomas Jefferson, then act in complete opposite of his beliefs. I don't get it.
Go back and read the article.
ReplyDeleteSlowly if need be.
Take notes.
They were protesting another union than themselves working at the location.
The term "scabs" is a union term used in a derogatory manner to describe non-union workers replacing themselves when on strike.(usually)
"The blockade appeared to defy a federal restraining order issued last week against the union after it was accused of assaults and death threats."
"One sergeant was threatened with baseball bats and retreated, Duscha said. "One officer with hundreds of Longshoremen? He used the better part of discretion."
Sounds like the actions of thugs to me. How about some more.
"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,"
and
"Hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute"
and
"Most of the protesters returned to their union hall after cutting brake lines and spilling grain from car at the EGT terminal"
Ok, what part of any of this does not sound like the actions of a bunch of thugs?