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To avoid bankruptcy, ILWU pays $20.5 million to replace a shipper’s lost profits
It’s the final chapter in a fight over two jobs, a dispute that shut down container shipping in Portland for years.
Collective bargaining
ILWU declares bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is the fallout from a fight for two jobs on the Portland docks. The longshore union has been battling in court for over 10 years.
Workers Rights
ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial
A new trial would focus only on deciding the right amount of damages, not whether ILWU was at fault in the slowdown at Terminal 6.
Workers Rights
Judge lowers ILWU jury award
ILWU is now supposed to pay terminal operator ICTSI $19 million, after a federal judge said the evidence did not support a jury award of $93.6 million.
Workers Rights
Judge could lower ILWU jury award
ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.
Workers Rights
Jury says ILWU owes $93 million for dock slowdown
The decision threatens the survival of the West Coast longshore union.
