(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 9, 2011)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma on Thursday enjoined International Longshore and Warehouse Union picketers from engaging in violence and impeding rail or ship traffic at the new EGT grain terminal in Longview, Wash.
ILWU picketers in July blocked a BNSF Railway train carrying grain, preventing it from entering the terminal for a test run of the facility. Picketing picked up in intensity this past week, and Judge Leighton granted a request from the National Labor Relations Board for a temporary restraining order against the union.
This Wednesday, ILWU members blocked a second BNSF train. The union later allowed the train to enter the facility.
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