Wildcat strike shuts down Northwest ports

Labor

Friday, September 09, 2011

Wildcat strikes disrupted operations in several ports in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday and Thursday, sparked by a battle over which workers are entitled to jobs at a new, $200 million EGT grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington. Operations on Thursday were disrupted at the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, Wash. when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union failed to show up at work. Josh Thomas, a spokesman for the Port of Portland, said on...

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