Fun and games in WA State
From
Yahoo/Associated Press:
Longshoremen storm Wash. state port, damage RR
Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha.
Six guards were held hostage for a couple of hours after 500 or more Longshoremen broke down gates about 4:30 a.m. and smashed windows in the guard shack, he said.
And the reason?
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union believes it has the right to work at the facility, but the company has hired a contractor that's staffing a workforce of other union laborers.
So it isn't a union v/s non-union issue, it is an International Longshore and Warehouse Union v/s some other Union. When these people are tearing themselves apart like this, it shows that the end of their monopoly is near.
If I was that contractor, I would seriously look at automation.
Posted by DaveH at September 8, 2011 12:05 PM