Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association

ILWU Sympathizers Seek to Block Kalama Ship Loading

09 May 2013

International Longshore and Warehouse Union sympathizers attempted to block a grain vessel from being loaded this week at an export terminal in Kalama, Wash., making this the third incident in recent weeks in an ongoing feud between the ILWU and grain companies in the Pacific Northwest.

Second PNW Grain Terminal Locks Out ILWU

06 May 2013

Contract disagreements between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminals in the Pacific Northwest accelerated over the weekend as Columbia Grain in Portland became the second facility where management locked out union workers.

United Grain, ILWU File Complaints With NLRB

03 May 2013

A total of six charges have been filed to the National Labor Relations Board by union dockworkers and United Grain Corp. at the Port of Vancouver, The Columbian reports.

ILWU Takes Grain Terminal Dispute to Public

26 Apr 2013

Longshoremen in the Pacific Northwest are intensifying their efforts to draw attention to the plight of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members that have been locked out of a grain elevator in Vancouver, Wash., since Feb. 27.

Neither Side Budges: PNW Terminal Talks Break Down

25 Mar 2013

Contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and three grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest broke down at the weekend with each side refusing to consider the other’s proposal.

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