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The Longview longshore workers union is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever burglarized and trashed the union hall in Longview April 9. Anyone with information about the crime should call the Longview police crime tip line, 442-5920, said Dan Coffman, president of Local 21 of [...] 
Port of Longview's Berth 6 A union longshore worker was injured Thursday night after he fell 20 to 40 feet onto a dock at the Port of Longview, union and fire officials said Friday. Responders from Longview Fire arrived at the port’s Berth 6 about 8 p.m. to find other dock workers tending to [...] From ILWU.org: The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) scored two victories today in its lawsuit against Cowlitz County, the City of Longview and their top law enforcement officials. The lawsuit, filed in September, challenges law enforcement’s campaign of intimidation and harassment against ILWU members and supporters in the wake of the union’s largely [...] Burglars broke into the ILWU Local 21 Union Hall late Monday night, making off with cash and computers, vandalizing the facility, and causing thousands of dollars in damage to the hall. They used red spray paint to scrawl slurs on walls, tables and a trophy case, using offensive language including “ILWU Fags” and “Scabs”. [...] Unions unanimously pass resolution; download it at this link. LONGVIEW, WA – Union delegates representing a broad swath of public and private sector workers in 30 local unions across Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties unanimously passed a resolution denouncing recent arrests and prosecutions of longshore workers and supporters, citing the prosecution’s failure to produce evidence [...]
More than 50 people showed up to support ILWU Local 21 longshoreman Ron Stavas yesterday. Dozens of longshoremen gathered at the Cowlitz County Jail on Wednesday morning to show their support for fellow dockworker Ronald P. Stavas, who began a 22-day sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to last summer’s tumultuous labor [...] Criminal frame-up charges against Longshore workers and their supporters are still grinding through the courts here in the wake of the ILWU’s victory against EGT Development’s union-busting campaign. More than 200 union members and supporters were arrested in the course of protests during the eight-month battle in which the cops, courts and government sided [...] LONGVIEW, WA (March 20, 2012) – Last week, under the threat of felony charges, ILWU Local 21 President Dan Coffman pled guilty to three simple misdemeanors related to last summer’s labor dispute with EGT. The charges are criminal trespass in the second degree. Mr. Coffman entered these pleas because of the threat by the [...] Labor Notes reports:
Norfolk, Virginia’s semi-automated container terminal uses remote-controlled cranes managed with GPS, cameras, and computers. Photo: Port of Virginia. Arrests and train blockades may have grabbed the headlines, but automation was at the heart of the year-long conflict between the ILWU and grain terminal operator EGT. At the same time ILWU members [...] Excerpts from the Daily News: Union officials say that law enforcement officers followed many of their members home to arrest them instead of mailing citations, which is common for misdemeanors. The union has made massive public records requests of emails from county officials related to the protests. ILWU attorneys cited an email from Rosenzweig [...] The owner of Longview’s former Reynolds Metals Co. aluminum making site is assembling an advisory board of community leaders to stay abreast of the company’s efforts to clean up industrial contamination. Alcoa owns the land at the 416-acre site and leases the buildings to Millennium Bulk Terminals, which plans to build a coal export [...]
Jake Whiteside, in black, joined 200 ILWU Local 21 members and supporters to surrender at the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice in Kelso, September 16, 2011. Instead of arresting him peacefully, law enforcement officials ambushed him hours later in a church parking lot. Dawn Des Brisay photo. Oregon Public Broadcasting yesterday reported that [...] From KOIN Local 6:
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 [...] Email messages show awareness that Prosecuting Attorney Susan Baur was overreaching her role; Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig acknowledged that treatment of ILWU members was “much more affirmative” and “intentional” than standard procedure LONGVIEW, WA (March 1, 2012) – Yesterday, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union asked the federal court for leave to add [...] In an article called “Annual report details Port of Longview’s legal bills for labor dispute,” the Daily News reports the following: The Port of Longview spent nearly a half million dollars in legal fees related to the labor dispute at the EGT grain terminal in 2011, while at the same time setting another record [...] |
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