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Longshore protester says she suffered shoulder injury while being arrested

A 57-year-old longshore union protester said she suffered a torn rotator cuff when law enforcement officers arrested her on the railroad tracks in front of a train bound for the EGT grain terminal.

She said she yelled in pain, which prompted another longshore union protester, Kelly Muller, to rush to her defense. Another officer was [...]

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September 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Global Solidarity, Longshore News, Ports, Rail, Shipping Lines, Shipping News, Unions |

Workers abused and public dollars misused as law enforcement escorts multinational EGT’s grain train and arrests citizens for exercising free speech rights

Senior citizen woman sitting on tracks treated roughly by police in riot gear; longshore member who tried to help her is pepper-sprayed while handcuffed

LONGVIEW, WA [September 21, 2011] — Dan Coffman, President of ILWU Local 21, two longshore officers and about ten wives and mothers of longshore workers, were arrested today for exercising their [...]

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September 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Global Solidarity, Longshore News, Ports, Rail, Shipping Lines, Shipping News, Unions |