This is the kind of thing Jimmy Hofa dreams of:
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Longshoremen storm Wash. state port, damage RR
AP – 1 hr 41 mins ago.
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — 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.
No one was hurt, and nobody has been arrested. Most of the protesters returned to their union hall after cutting brake lines and spilling grain from car at the EGT terminal, Duscha said.
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.
Six guards held hostage. Think the cops would have waited a few hours if these had been evil Tea Party People? No arrests made. Don’t try this if you aren’t unionized. Unions have a special dispensation from the Pope President.
Tags: Union Thugs
