GRID Logistic Incorporated » Labor http://s474091609.onlinehome.us/gridweb GRID Thu, 29 May 2014 17:56:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Longshore union pulls out of national AFL-CIO, citing attacks at Northwest grain terminals http://s474091609.onlinehome.us/gridweb/longshore-union-pulls-out-of-national-afl-cio-citing-attacks-at-northwest-grain-terminals/ http://s474091609.onlinehome.us/gridweb/longshore-union-pulls-out-of-national-afl-cio-citing-attacks-at-northwest-grain-terminals/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:57:31 +0000 gridadmin http://s474091609.onlinehome.us/gridweb/?p=4310 The West Coast longshore union is pulling out of the national AFL-CIO, citing “attacks” in which the umbrella organization’s members blatantly cross picket lines at Northwest grain terminals.

Robert “Big Bob” McEllrath, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, broke the news in a letter obtained by The Oregonian Friday. In the three-page letter sent Thursday, McEllrath told AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka the ILWU would sever its 25-year affiliation with the federation, cutting formal ties because organization members sabotaged dock workers.

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