Disclaimer

The articles excerpted on this site report on the state of the industry as seen by mainstream media, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers of the ILWU Coast Longshore Division.

A lesson on logs and longshoremen

Logs destined for China, Japan and Korea were on display Sunday as the Port of Olympia held tours of its marine terminal.

A retired longshoreman spoke to the crowd about how safety and efficiency go hand-in-hand at the terminal.

“We’re working with equipment that could kill you,” said Sherman Will, who spent 37 years at [...]

Share