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ILWU head sentenced to 1 day in jail, fined $500

North America

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Robert McEllrath, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, was fined $500 and sentenced to serve one day in jail and given an 89-day suspended sentence after a three-day trial in Longview, Wash., last week. McEllrath was convicted of a misdemeanor in Cowlitz County Court on Friday for taking part in a Sept. 7, 2011 protest that blocked a train trying to bring grain to the EGT Terminal in Longview. In June, a jury had failed to reach a verdict on the same charge...

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