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Key concerns include saving jobs in the era of robotics, and the Obamacare “Cadillac” tax

For ILWU, grain export troubles started in Longview.

Will Cargill grain terminal’s $100M expansion hire local union labor or low-wage out-of-town crews?

The contract ends a several-year battle over who would operate the $200 million grain facility.

The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.

Land and water protests are planned for the arrival of the first ship at a new grain terminal.

Members block trains, dump grain, and shut down ports to defend ILWU’s right to jobs in Longview.

A determined struggle by ILWU at a new grain terminal is complicated by the entry of another union.

Over 1,200 longshore workers and allies rallied June 3 outside the downtown Portland office of EGT Development.

Union activists are pushing EGT to sign on with ILWU to operate a new grain terminal at the Port of Longview.