Port of Charleston
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1422 walked off the job for several hours Monday at the South Carolina Ports Authority’s Columbus Terminal in Charleston, upset that nonunion workers were unloading a ship there.
The workers stopped unloading three ships at the port, prompting the South Carolina Stevedores Association, SSA Cooper and Ports America to seek a temporary restraining order.
The court filing said a nonunion worker was assaulted during the dispute, but no report of an assault was filed, and an attorney for the stevedore companies was unable to verify that an assault took place.
Work resumed about five hours after the work stoppage began, rendering the court filing moot.
Both sides said the work stoppage was not ordered by the union, but was initiated by union members upset about the nonunion crew unloading a fourth boat at the port.