Union thug alert: Day of Rage festivities start early in Longview WA; Update – Video added; cut brake lines, smashed windows, dumped grain, took hostages; UPDATE: Spreads to Tacoma, Seattle
Looks like all that Labor Day incitement is paying off.
In Longview, WA last night and into the morning, unionized longshoremen have stormed the port there and taken a half-dozen guards hostage.
I’ll have to update my Top 10 union thug moments of the year.
Via 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.
Thursday’s violence was first reported by Kelso radio station KLOG.
Take out the son-of-a-bitches.
Climate of hate, anyone?
Keep in mind: The union-promoted “Day of Rage” is coming up on September 17.
We’re getting a preview of things to come.
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More details. A federal judge had issued a restraining order against labor leaders last week after they harassed and threatened workers at the port. Who’s conducting the war on workers, I ask again?
These son of a bitches:
About 400 union longshoremen blocked a train for about four hours outside the new EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview, but the train passed through Wednesday evening after the protesters were confronted by about 50 officers in riot gear.
Nineteen union protesters were arrested and cited for second-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor. Three were arrested when a scuffle broke out with police, and 16 more were arrested when they refused to leave the tracks when the train started up again, Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson said. Deputies say they are also investigating alleged vandalism to the train after it stopped. The names of the arrested were not immediately available Wednesday night.
“It was a very, very ugly situation,” Nelson said, adding that he fears the conflict could escalate.
Police said a throng of protesters pushed against them, forcing them to beat them away with clubs and pepper spray. Union officials say they worried police were going to arrest Robert McEllrath, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, for trespassing, so they moved to protect him. McEllrath was not arrested.
…Last week, a federal judge ordered a temporary restraining order against ILWU Local 21 in Longview and Local 4 in Vancouver barring illegal picketing against EGT. Union members have harassed and threatened EGT workers numerous times during the dispute, according to the NLRB.
Video:
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By the way: Some arrests have been made, but expect slaps on the wrist for the vandalism, violence, and destruction at the port.
Washington state has a history of coddling those who sabotage ports there.
Flashback:
Sedition in Olympia: Snivelers on parade
Sedition in Olympia: Anti-war mom drops baby human shield as anarchist kiddie shields watch
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Update And now…reports that wildcat strikes have spread to Seattle and Tacoma.
Here’s an official “We are One” ILWU/AFL-CIO sign raised at the Longview strike site.
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Ports of Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett are now shut down.
Legally what was done was hostage-taking and in all 50 states (57+ if you’re Obama) it is a major felony. If the thugs who did this get only a slap on the wrist then there is something seriously defective with the legal system out there.
As for the workstoppages in Tacoma and Seattle they are saying the workers did not show up to work this morning. Gee, could it be beacause of this:
Could it be that the Longshoremen from Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett are down in Longview…
Mo fo’s? Hruh?
Gimme, Gimmee, Gimmee, you mean fat cats. I deserve everything and you deserve nothing. I will decide how much you make and how much I make because I am the working man.
What you took risk and hard work to build the company? So what, I am taking it from you now. I am supported in using force by the POTUS and the TOTUS so put it up your PATOOKIS.
I remember hearing the media and the administration tsk-tsking and condemning Syria for using live ammo on their protesters.
We’re going to be presented with the same choice; either the police are going to have to start killing and maiming these thugs when they riot, or they’re going to eventually be overrun and chaos will reign.
I surprised that the union thugs haven’t mined the river in Longview/Kelso.
Or sank a barge in the channel to block shipping.
From what I have read online of the federal kidnapping laws it carries a sentence of 1 to 30 years per count. So that means that they would be looking at anywhere between 6 and 180 years.
This is just the beginning. As I noted earlier Hoffa is due in Pyuallup tomorow to rally his army over a labor dispute with a grocery chain. And Obama is due in Seattle on the 25th of this month. Perhaps the unions are just preping to take out all the SOB’s prior to Obama’s visit on the 25th.
aren’t these dudes the ones we used to call stevedores?
Oops–did I show my age again?
I shall henceforth call them this in any conversation.
OT, but similar:
The Hyatt Regency workers are on strike in Waikiki since 3 a.m. local time.
Nothing like demanding more pay and benefits during a recession.
This land is your land
This land is my land
From the rightful owners
To the armed longshoreman
From the real kidnappings
To the threat of vio-lence
This land belongs to my Union
In answer to:
On September 8th, 2011 at 12:38 pm, right_on said:
Does anyone think unions are good for America anymore? Not this union, which has a history of violence and destruction. It should receive the status that men receive (persona non grata) who are no longer welcome…an entitās non grata, if you will.
Disolution should be mandatory.
Riiight On — Right on
The ILWU is totally commie/mafia controlled — always has been — watch Brando in “On The Waterfront” — the longshoremen have some contact and control of all items entering or leaving the country — use your imagination — wink wink — if I remember right the SOB’s even sank a ship in NY harbor in the early days of WW2 — the docks in New Orleans were famously controlled by the early Mafia in this country in the 1890′s
I am from Seattle and the vast majority of activity on the waterfront in Seattle and Tacoma is unloading full containers of ‘STUFF’ made in China or Korea in containers made in China or Korea from ships made in and crewed by China or Korea using cranes made in China — IMO every container represents an American job permanently lost and every ship or crane represents an American factory closed down — and the ILWU workers reportedly have many crane operators that are close to and over 6 figure incomes — you know the old senority game — and SSA (google it) is a front for the ILWU
As far as I am concerned they should shut some of these ports down and just contract with the Chinese to man their own cranes — that would be fun
Imagine if TEA party members did anything like this.
As it stands, the DNCmedia will be hard pressed to even let the word “hostages” find its way into the accounts.
Didn’t people used to get charged with crimes for this sort of thing?
Way to go obumbles, invite the chief union THUG to your stupid speech! And, the GE guy, who SENDS OUR JOBS TO CHINA!
Oh yeah, WTF, I forgot.
Love the idea of having moochie wear the brass knuckle earrings, Michelle.
This can’t be true… I just scanned Yahoo! News and there is no mention of it. Maybe it never even happened if it doesn’t hit MSM..
/sarc
Yep, Fidel Castro is giving an interview, Reese Witherspoon was hit by a car while driving, Federal Court tosses lawsuit over health reform… nothing mentioned about the new brownshirts at all.
What in the world? What, is this guy somehow above the law?
I’m surprised one of the union clowns didn’t pull out a sword and cut off a deputy’s ear in defense of his McHellWrath…/sarc
I’m headed to Tacoma tomorrow. Be interesting to see what the locals are making of it.
err. Reese was jogging. My bad… with my apparent lack of reading skills there is something after all?
Tea Party wouldn’t do anything like this. We got class!!
If a Republican tree falls in the forest, and Anderson Cooper doesn’t cover it, does it make a sound?
Yep, found something. Not front page of course… seems like a different story though.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – More than 500 protesting port workers stormed the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview, Washington, on Thursday and damaged railcars and other property, Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha said.
The incident came a day after several of Longshoremen were arrested after blocking a train from arriving at the newly constructed facility owned by EGT, LLC, which is a joint venture of Bunge Ltd, ITOCHU International Inc and STX Pan Ocean Inc.
Early on Thursday, the protesters stormed the EGT facility, smashed guard shack windows, pushed a security vehicle into a ditch, cut brake lines on several rail cars and dumped grain from some cars onto the ground, Duscha said.
No one was injured and protesters disbursed before police arrived so no arrests were made, he said. Police were still assessing the damage.
The action was the latest in an increasingly tense dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents the protesting workers, and EGT.
The union said it had an agreement with the Port of Longview that required the hiring of workers from the local ILWU chapter to man the facility. EGT planned to hire workers from a different union.
“We fully support prosecution of this criminal behavior to the fullest extent under the law,” EGT CEO Larry Clarke said. “Issues between EGT, the Port, and the ILWU should be resolved peacefully in a court of law.”
ILWU spokesman Roy San Filippo said it was a “wildcat action” that was not sanctioned by the union.
By Karl Plume
I believe that about covers it! My disgust continues to grow with the MSM.
Foxnews does have it, but none of the others do.
Hey, GOP contenders, if you want my committed vote instantly, campaign for a national right to work law.
Pravda doesn’t cover the news, they cover Obama’s a$$.
Mr Cooper could hear vaseline being applied to a banana across 3 city blocks, but knows nothing about this story.
Thanks for not mentioning Kentucky.
What? It’s right on the front page, here.
This is the beginning of the end. That is, if we don’t stop this communist b.s.
And 2nd headline down on MSNBC’s page.
#123 — from NiteOwl — last sentence: “ILWU spokesman Roy San Fillipo said it was a “wilcat action” that was not sanctioned by the union” if ya believe that I got some bridges on the Columbia river and SF Bay for sale — lying SOB — maybe he personally didn’t know — BUT I CERTAINLY DOUBT THAT he didn’t know
Some other ILWU twinkee outta SF also claimed to know nothing — was quoted in a Tacoma Tribune Article
but WTF — there is a guy by the name of “McHellWrath…/sarc”– (hat tip to Major O #119) stated to be “the President of the ILWU” who was there and these lying POS selfish- spoiled – whining – crybabies — claims to know nothing – pure BS – as shown by:
ILWU walks off the docks in Seattle, Tacoma and Everett in the wee hours and magically 400-500 ILWU show up 100-160 miles south a few hours later — give me a break you lying crybabies —
Middle of worst depression since the 1930′s and — they want more
these ILWU SOB’s should be locked out and Chinese crane operators brought in to unload the Chinese ships of their Chinese containers containing Chinese STUFF
Yes, they have a story – no, not front page. Read my previous post where I found it… no need to “bend” the truth by claiming front page status.
Perhaps your front page is different from mine?
Sorry, can’t bring myself to add hits to that site. Can’t watch it on TV either.
oh, stevedore, have we met before?
why yeth, I believe it wath in Kentucky.
You specifically said:
I went to yahoo.com and clicked on the ‘news’ tab. That is where the link I provided took me. Sorry if I misinterpreted Yahoo News as Yahoo News.
News agencies are covering it. I know you like to pretend they don’t, but they are.
Kind of makes it hard to suggest the LSM isn’t covering it when you don’t look. You’re welcome for pointing it out without the need for you to visit the site.
Reread my posts in order cupcake.
I appreciate you think you know me so well though. I must be one of those “typical white people” or sumthin’.
But it’s exactly on Yahoo News front page. I just linked news.yahoo.com
Why did I do that? Because you said:
Tada! There is mention of it..in the top 3 stories…on YAHOO NEWS! It even has a picture to grab your attention!
Where were these folks when the war in Libya started?
Odd, I have Yahoo! as my home page. I went there again to see if anything had changed, but under Top Stories there still is no mention. Perhaps they prioritize stories based on regional IP addresses?
I am in Ohio… maybe not considered as big news here as in other parts of the country.
I was starting to change my mind about you but you just got nitpiky.
On September 8th, 2011 at 5:25 pm, NiteOwl said:
I just checked Yahoo. It is there (not a regional thing) you have to look at the three pictures at the top (just above the top news stories). I missed it the first time looking but on a double check saw it there.
I’m so devastated.
I stand corrected! I looked for it in the links under top stories. My bad. Apologies to kentroyals5.
Of course they had to use a picture to help all the Longshoremen out there be able to find the story easier…
Thanks for being honest. No need to apologize if you just missed it.
Sorry to complain, but….
I like cupcakes. A lot.
How about “Reread my posts in order, Rutabaga?”
or
“Reread my posts in order, Asparagus?”
Asparagus is delicious.
LOL… how about “Reread my posts in order, Kimchee?” I never was able to aquire a taste for that.
No worries, our international shippers will just divert to Vancouver and have thier products trucked across the border at a slightly higher cost to we consumers.
They’ll do the same down south, taking advantage of Chinese built terminals in Mexico to avoid the union run higher cost of doing business with US ports in California. Lucky for us Mexican truckers can now transport the goods directly across the border, I believe, at less cost for our international trade partners than using US Teamster truckers.
Don’t forget it will be all the evil greedy corporations fault that Union jobs will be lost.
On September 8th, 2011 at 5:34 pm,
I just bet you are. lol
How strange. The Longshoreman’s union goes on the rampage in Longview and Seattle-Tacoma shuts down. Ships that were going to unload in Washington may have to go to Vancouver, B.C., where the Hell’s Angels control the docks. What irony. The union thugs lose, the Hell’s Angels win. Ya gotta love it!
Put the entire LOCAL on the “do not fly” list and also include do not ride AMTRAK because they vandalized a common carrier vehicle with potential consequences of death or injury.
Revoke the LOCALs security clearance due to them unlawfully restraining security guards at a port of entry into this country in violation of federal law.
If they cant get a job in a secure area and not fly on vacation, maybe the will think twice before they break the law.
If there is anyone left who still doesn’t believe that labor union activities are being coordinated globally, just go to the AFLCIO official website. This is just part of what may very well be the big “workers of the world unite” global push for communism.
And meanwhile, TurboTax Timmy gives us a heads up on the fascist “public investments” Obama will unveil tonight.
Fascism vs communism? Which version of totalitarian socialism do we prefer?
Those western Washington people need to arm themselves for protection. The eastern Washington residents have been armed for many years.
Those of us in the red pockets out here on the west side have been armed for years as well. Not to mention, my home is in a very nice defensible position near the top of a hill.
Hoffa is coming in tonight and Lars Larson is encouraging all tea partiers to come and protest against him. Meanwhile this is really a turf war between two different unions. Time to hold the thugs responsible for their crimes.
I’ll take republicanism as envisioned by our founding fathers, thank you very much.
Benjamin Franklin, “We have given you a Republic, if you can keep it.”
I intend on working to keep it.
Why the hell not? Are they now excusing people who take hostages? Felonies?
Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox, and BigGovernment covering this. AP, Reuters, ABC, CBS, HuffPo, etc. apparently don’t think this is news.
It’s one thing to joke about how our press has become TASS or PRAVDA – it’s a scary thing seeing it before your eyes.
it is so say for our country. msm and leaders say nothing. perhaps they want a revolt so govt can really crack down. still having a ball in japan
Are we practicing censorship here now, Mrs. malkin? Why was my comment removed? No use of profanity, so why?
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I sure hope the dems are proud of these people. I’m so happy those people are comfortable with hostage taking and vandalism because they were sore about losing out to another union. Let’s just keep all these unions around!
Three cheers for unions!
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Now the union is condeming the violence against the union thugs committed by the police:
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At this rate I half expect by the end of next week that Holder will have the DoJ here in WA ST for an internal investigation and prosecution of the police officers.
I hope I see much more coverage of this maybe by Fox News….maybe Americans will begin to understand how corrupt unions have become. We can only hope….
Cupcake.
MSM: EGT? EGT? We thought you said LGBT. Meh! No news here…
and the thugs are not shot dead because
WHYH!!!
Carol-CS
I know I sound like a broken record but…
Unless there are consequences for bad behavior, bad behavior will continue.
There doesn’t seem to be any punishment for plunder & pillage. Common practice. If you don’t like something, destroy someone else’s property to show your displeasure & nothing will happen. But shoot a bear & wind up in jail.
Looks like the Longshoremen could benefit from Michelle Obama’s obesity program. They have her fashion sense too.
Wonder how long it will be before someone doctors the photos and gets them reprinted in some Soros-funded “media” outlet purporting them to be from a Tea Party rally?? Where is that so-called “moderate???” Patty Murray on this one or Crocodile Nancy with her Botox tears decrying the “rhetoric/”
Nice observation. Our neighbor is a member of the union’s local. Primarily works as a dispatcher. However one of his formal duties is to be sure to pick up and bring about 6 dozen doughnuts for his colleages. Once he was running late and forgot and got written up for it, I kid you not!
Oh, and longshoremen have never had any fashion sense.
No, cause the perpatrators are a protected leftist bloc. They don’t punish their own.
Now if they were avowed Tea Partiers, that’d be entirely different.