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International Longshore and Warehouse Union

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Longshoremen's Union Rejects Occupy Protestors' Call for Strike

    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is not exactly known for backing away from a fight. But the feisty workers apparently draw the line at calls for strikes coming from out-of-state Occupy protestors.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Longshoreman to Cops: Arrest Us If You Want, We Won't Stop Protesting

    ​Anyone who thought that a few arrests (OK, 125 arrests) and some bad press would keep the good men of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union down, think again. The ILWU's president Dan Coffman says the battle over Longview, Wash.'s EGT grain terminal is just heating up.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Port of Longview Longshoremen's Union Sues Cops for 'Brutal' Tactics

    C. Sucker, former ILWU spokesman​When we last left the boiling kettle of discontent that sits on the Port of Longview's EGT grain terminal, the intrepid workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 21 had themselves in a pickle. It seemed that three had just got themselve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Union Longshoreman Threatens to Beat Up News Crew, Following Port Protest Vandalism (VIDEO)

    Fuck You Cocksucker, "not a member of the PR staff."​The following gentleman by the name of "Fuck You Cocksucker" has several strong opinions on what will happen to the cameras and/or faces of Portland's KGW news crew, should they fail to leave his union headquarters parking lot.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Union Longshoremen "Storm" Port of Longview, Cause Mass Destruction, Say Police

    ​A long-simmering standoff between International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers and the Port of Longview turned destructive this morning, police say, when hundreds of striking workers "stormed" the port, smashing windows, cutting brake lines, spilling grain and holding security guards ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    So Long, Sodo

    The grand ambitions of a developer clash with an impassioned politician's hope to save Seattle's working waterfront.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Make Their Day

    When SPD brought a semiautomatic assault rifle to a downtown protest, what were they expecting?

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    A Storm in the Ports

    Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    From the desk of...

    Are shippers trying to bust the union? If they are, their timing couldn't be better.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Block at the dock

    Port commissioner Jack Block was in the middle of controversial toxic waste shipment.

  • News

    July 14, 1999

    Striking contrast

    Comparing the current waterfront dispute with the bloody strike of 1934.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Union reunion

    Port workers flex collective muscle

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