Look for the Union label.

[Ichiban]

Longshoremen storm Wash. port over labor dispute

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Hundreds of Longshore workers 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 detained 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.
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The train was the first grain shipment to arrive at Longview. It arrived Wednesday night after police arrested 19 demonstrators who tried to block the tracks. They were led by ILWU International President Robert McEllrath, who said they would return.
The blockade appeared to defy a federal restraining order issued last week against the union after it was accused of assaults and death threats.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110908/ap_on_re_us/us_washington_union_clash

What a shocking turn of events.   

[tombogan03884]

 These are similar tactics to those used by the Nazi's.
Must be those damned Tea Party people.
OOPS, I forgot, Unions all back those reasonable dems.
Imagine that !

[Big Frank]

Nobody arrested.    Kidnapping should be one of the charges they're facing.

[tt11758]

Nobody arrested.    Kidnapping should be one of the charges they're facing.

You took the words right out of my.........er......keyboard.

[Solus]

I wonder if the Security Guards were union members.  Might be hard to prove they were held against their will if they were.

[Sponsor]

[Ichiban]

Oooh, a new twist to it.  It's not even union vs. scab, it's union vs. union.  From the updated article:

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 laborers from another union, the Portland-based Operating Engineers Local 701. Representatives of the engineers union did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

[Hazcat]

I wonder if the Security Guards were union members.  Might be hard to prove they were held against their will if they were.

Don't know about the guards but the Pigs err Cops are. 

Notice the article says the thugs went back to the union hall.  So The pigs err cops KNEW where to find them and DID NOTHING!

[jnevis]

Just another shining example of your Unions at work lining its pockets at the expense of its members.

[MikeBjerum]

Have a relative that was considered management at a major oil company in CA back in the 70's.  He wasn't really management or a supervisor, but his professional status (engineer) had him salaried and non-union.  The Teamsters went on strike, and after a week the company brought in independent truckers to deliver fuel from the tank farm to stations all over the Los Angeles basin - gas stations had no fuel!

Every trucker had a management member riding with them to document any incidents with the driver, with the striking workers (picketers) or with the public at large.  He learned real fast that you don't mess with truckers:  Leaving the tank farm on the first trip the armed guards and law enforcement opened the gate as the trucks approached, the picketers laid down on the sidewalk, and the driver put his foot on the floor.  To this day my uncle has no idea how those picketers got up and out of the way so fast.

There was nearly a month of this, many trucks damaged or destroyed, and millions in property damage, but what few arrests there were there were no charges and no penalties.  Hoffa has power!

[tombogan03884]

I remember that, I also remember no one was ever charged with shooting at independent Truckers from overpasses.