Judge prohibits union from picketing barges

(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A federal judge has ordered a union to stop picketing neutral grain barges on the Columbia and Snake rivers, Capital Press reported. The judge found that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union was unlawfully trying to involve Tidewater Barge Lines in the union's dispute with grain handlers. Pickets have targeted Tidewater tugboats trying to move loaded barges near Hayden Island in Portland and the Port of Wilma in Washington.

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The longshoremen's union has been ordered to stop picketing neutral grain barges on the Columbia and Snake rivers. A federal judge found that the union was unlawfully trying to involve the barge company in its dispute with grain handlers. – See more at: http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20131016/ARTICLE/131019928#sthash.Kukhi6mr.dpuf
The longshoremen's union has been ordered to stop picketing neutral grain barges on the Columbia and Snake rivers. A federal judge found that the union was unlawfully trying to involve the barge company in its dispute with grain handlers. – See more at: http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20131016/ARTICLE/131019928#sthash.Kukhi6mr.dpuf
The longshoremen's union has been ordered to stop picketing neutral grain barges on the Columbia and Snake rivers. A federal judge found that the union was unlawfully trying to involve the barge company in its dispute with grain handlers. – See more at: http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20131016/ARTICLE/131019928#sthash.Kukhi6mr.dpuf
By Professional Mariner Staff