No Wisconsin here: ILWU fights unionbusting at Washington port [View All]

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Run time: 02:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewtPvhKkxc   Posted on YouTube: July 27, 2011 By YouTube Member: PeoplesWorldMundo Views on YouTube: 1785   Posted on DU: September 11, 2011 By DU Member: Generic Other Views on DU: 972

 
LONGVIEW, Wash. - Longshore workers, members of Local 21 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), stood on their picket lines outside EGT's new grain terminal at the Port of Longview here July 25 in a prolonged battle against the grain giant's drive to bust the ILWU. music: Pete Seeger "Which Side Are You On."



International Longshore Workers Union L 21 President interviewed by Doug Barnes, Freedom Socialist newspaper 8/12/11 www.socialism.com
September 8th the longshore workers again stopped the grain from reaching the terminal. They used sheer numbers to send a powerful message to the scab company EGT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcS2_fOGjOY


August 29, 2011: This disturbing video shows an unidentified driver plowing a large vehicle through a nonviolent worker demonstration at the EGT grain facility at the Port of Longview, Washington. The car appears to speed up as it strikes two of the workers. One of the workers is pushed several feet as the car continues moving, and the driver doesn't slow down or render aid. The driver of the vehicle has not been arrested for assaulting the workers, for failing to render aid or for leaving the scene of an accident.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrK9LL9UyM&feature=related