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In Memoriam

Lois Stranahan, 1919-2017

Together with late husband Jesse Stranahan, she was well known in the local labor movement as a tireless fighter for economic justice.
Politics

IBEW’s Gary Young appointed to Port Commission

Young takes the spot held by former ILWU Local 8 president Bruce Holte.
Labor History

Remembering Portland Longshore’s Bloody Wednesday

On July 11, 1934, a train full of Portland police opened fire on a strike picketline; 4 were hit.
Collective bargaining

Longshore workers ratify contract at NW grain terminals

Lockouts end at grain facilities in Portland and Vancouver
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
Jobs

Port of Portland drops plan to develop West Hayden Island

Union leaders angered over loss of industrial land
Union democracy

ILWU leaves AFL-CIO

The longshore union cited jurisdictional disputes as part of the reason.
Collective bargaining

Standoff at grain terminals: ILWU at work, but without contract

For ILWU, grain export troubles started in Longview.
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.
People

Rich Ahearn, NLRB regional director, retires

Ahearn's replacement is Ronald Hooks, from the NLRB's Memphis office.
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

Trumka: ILWU dispute with 701 is jurisdictional

An Oregon AFL-CIO E-Board resolution condemning Operating Engineers Local 701 in a dispute with ILWU at Longview has been nullified by the national AFL-CIO.
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.
Portland

AFL’s Tom Chamberlain appointed to port commission

He joins ILWU's Bruce Holte and AFSCME's Ken Allen on the nine-member body.
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