The lawsuit alleges police misconduct and violations of free speech rights of ILWU members.
On Wednesday ILWU leaders made a request to federal court to add Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney Susan Baur and Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig as defendants in the union’s ongoing civil rights lawsuit against public and law enforcement agencies.ILWU Coast Committeeman Leal Sundet alleges local police and the prosecuting attorney were involved in abusive physical arrests of union members. The arrests followed allegations that members were demonstrating on Export Grain Terminal or Port of Longview property and therefore trespassing.
“By adding Baur and Rosenzweig as defendants in the lawsuit, ILWU hopes to hold all responsible parties accountable for these serious civil rights violations to deter future violations by public authorities,” the release reports.
