SGTM Honduras protest ICTSI at Port of Portland - March 2014

Honduran dockworkers have suffered massive job losses, violence and militarization of their cargo terminal since ICTSI took over operations at Puerto Cortes in 2013.

This Associated Press article was published in news outlets in Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, Indiana and beyond:

Labor turmoil continues at the Port of Portland as longshoreman refused to cross a picket line established by Central American port workers.

The container terminal at the Port of Portland is operated by ICTSI Oregon, Inc., subsidiary of a Philippines-based company that operates a port in Honduras that has had a labor-management dispute.

Union members from Honduras established a picket line in Portland on Tuesday and local longshoremen honored it.

An International Longshore & Warehouse Union spokeswoman says longshoremen have a contractual right to not cross picket lines.

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