Millennium Bulk Terminals officials said Thursday they will hire a stevedoring company and longshore workers at their proposed coal dock west of Longview.
Also on Thursday, officials from Millennium and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union jointly announced the union’s formal support for the proposed terminal, which Millennium estimates will support 135 full-time, family wage jobs.
“We’ve worked up close with Millennium for the past two years, and we’re confident in the company’s commitment to be a high-road employer and a positive influence in our community,” the ILWU’s Longview-based Local 21 President Jake Whiteside said in a written statement.
Whiteside said he plans to bring a big contingent of union dock workers to the Sept. 17 hearing at the Cowlitz Expo Center in Longview.