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EGT
Collective bargaining
West Coast ports remain open as ILWU continues negotiations for new deal
Key concerns include saving jobs in the era of robotics, and the Obamacare "Cadillac" tax
Collective bargaining
Standoff at grain terminals: ILWU at work, but without contract
For ILWU, grain export troubles started in Longview.
Jobs
Union pickets call on Port of Kalama to ‘Hire Local Labor’
Will Cargill grain terminal’s $100M expansion hire local union labor or low-wage out-of-town crews?
Collective bargaining
ILWU and EGT sign 5-year deal at Longview grain terminal
The contract ends a several-year battle over who would operate the $200 million grain facility.
Collective bargaining
Governor Gregoire brokers end to ILWU-EGT dispute
The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.
Collective bargaining
Showdown looms in Longview
Land and water protests are planned for the arrival of the first ship at a new grain terminal.
Oregon/Washington
ILWU protests escalate dramatically at EGT in Longview
Members block trains, dump grain, and shut down ports to defend ILWU's right to jobs in Longview.
Oregon/Washington
Longshore union goes ‘all in’ at Longview grain terminal
A determined struggle by ILWU at a new grain terminal is complicated by the entry of another union.
Oregon/Washington
ILWU protests the spread of the non-union waterfront
Over 1,200 longshore workers and allies rallied June 3 outside the downtown Portland office of EGT Development.
Oregon/Washington
Activists tell grain exporter to ‘Respect the Union Waterfront’
Union activists are pushing EGT to sign on with ILWU to operate a new grain terminal at the Port of Longview.
