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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.

Operating Engineers 701 colludes with employer to take ILWU jobs in Longview. ILWU says ‘no way’

EGT development in Longview, WA, future workplace of ILWU Local 21. The ILWU has worked in every Northwest grain export elevators since 1934, making it one of the world's most productive grain export regions in the world.

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701′s announcement now pits one union against another in competition [...]

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OE Local 612: ‘We wouldn’t take longshore work’

Some locals are better than others: It's Operating Engineers Local 701, not 612, that's trying to scab at the Port of Longview.

In Monday’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU 21 not backing down from fight of EGT terminal work — Local ILWU dock workers will continue to fight to work at the EGT Development [...]

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Judge Tosses Long Beach Clean-Trucks Settlement

A federal judge threw a new twist into the battle over clean-trucks programs at Southern California ports, ruling the Port of Long Beach violated state law by reaching a settlement with the trucking industry without first performing an environmental impact study.

U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder’s ruling Monday says the Oct. 19, 2009, [...]

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