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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 27, 2013 CONTACTS: Jennifer Sargent, ILWU, 503-703-2933 Mark Klein, TEMCO, 952-742-6211 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 23, 21, 19, 8 and 4 and U.S.-based grain company TEMCO, LLC today jointly announced that they have respectively ratified a 5-year interim collective bargaining agreement covering three TEMCO grain export facilities [...]  PORTLAND, OR (November 19, 2012) – After nearly three months of negotiations,the multinational grain corporations operating in the Columbia River and Puget Sound have given local workers a final offer that demands deep concessions from workers, even though the companies have been successful under the current agreement and impasse has not been reached in negotiations. Negotiators [...]
Suffocation from engulfment is a leading cause of death in grain bins, and the number of these deaths continues to rise. Statistics compiled by Purdue University show that 26 fatalities occurred in 2010 due to grain engulfments. EFFINGHAM, Kan. — Grain industry workers received firsthand experience Tuesday in the mortal dangers of an engulfment while [...] An expected series of strikes will delay many shipments, but the overall effect on international grain markets is expected to be muted. A strike would have to extend 20 days or more before global buyers are likely to shift purchases to the U.S. instead of Argentina, said Terry Reilly, analyst with Citigroup in Chicago. [...] “Is (supply and demand) really driving the day-to-day price action in our marketplace? Oftentimes, I think the answer is not,” says Neil Driscoll, grain platform trader with Louis Dreyfus Commodities. Big investors and investment groups are contributing to daily price changes, he said. Going forward, he said, “I think it’s important that every single day [...] Products such as organic or genetically modified soybeans, which can’t travel in traditional hopper cars, are now being packed in containers that once sailed back empty to Asia after bringing retail goods to the U.S. That’s an opportunity for railroads to bring boxes of specialty grains to American ports. Hauling containers laden with grain for [...] The AGP groundbreaking at the Port of Grays Harbor included ILWU Local 24 officials. At its low point, traffic to the port amounted to just eight ship calls for the year, recalled Gary Nelson, the port’s executive director. “We gave some serious thought about just closing down,” he said. “It was expensive to maintain [...] Three people remained unaccounted for and two others were hospitalized in critical condition Sunday following an explosion at a grain elevator in northeast Kansas that killed three workers, authorities said. Among the missing was one worker from the elevator company and two state grain inspectors. More on this story at the Associated Press Heavy-handed police presence at EGT in at Port of Longview, WA, September 22, 2011. Don Ryan/AP photo TACOMA, WA [September 22, 2011] – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and ILWU Local 21 today responded to ongoing police brutality and harassment related to its labor dispute with EGT Development at the Port of Longview [...] Sept. 14: The Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union came to agreement on a labor agreement on Wednesday. The agreement is subject to ratification by the union. The ILWU represents 4,000 men and women on the docks and in grain terminals in Oregon and Washington. The Pacific Northwest Grain [...] Leal Sundet, Coast Committeeman for the Coast Longshore Division, has sent this letter to Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson: September 15, 2011 Via first class mail and fax Sheriff Mark S. Nelson Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office 312 S.W. 1st Ave. Kelso, WA 98626 Mr. Nelson: I am writing to urge you to change your current [...] Negotiators with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators have signed off on the deal, which must still approved by the union’s 4,000 members, ILWU officials said. “This collective bargaining agreement between the union and the grain industry shows that there’s a positive relationship that meets the needs of both [...] Cargill grain terminal in Seattle. ILWU members have worked for 80 years in Pacific Northwest grain terminals with no interruptions. On Monday, leaders from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and representatives of the Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators opened negotiations for a new labor contract. Both sides are guardedly optimistic that the negotiations [...] The following letter was sent to all ILWU Longshore Locals on September 1, 2011, from ILWU International President Robert McEllrath. ILWU International President Robert McEllrath wrote, "The NLRB exists for one reason and that is to protect commerce at the expense of workers, and we are not surprised that EGT is employing the NLRB [...] ConAgra Foods Inc. spent $100,000 in the second quarter on lobbying government officials on agriculture programs, ethanol regulations, immigration laws and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. The food maker, based in Omaha, Neb., lobbied on labor, agriculture, food safety and other business issues in April through June. ConAgra spent the same amount [...] |
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