Some locals are better than others: It's Operating Engineers Local 701, not 612, that's trying to scab at the Port of Longview.
In Monday’s (Longview) Daily News — ILWU 21 not backing down from fight of EGT terminal work — Local ILWU dock workers will continue to fight to work at the EGT Development grain terminal at the Port of Longview despite the company’s weekend announcement that it’s hiring a Federal Way union contractor. EGT announced Sunday that it hired a union contractor to employ about 25 to 35 workers. The company would likely hire from IUOE Local 701, based out of Gladstone, Ore. Two messages left at Local 701′s headquarters were not returned Monday. Ed Taylor, president of IUOE Local 612 based out of Tacoma, said the EGT terminal is out of his jurisdiction and his local would not claim work from other unions, such as the ILWU. Local 701 has not said whether it would undercut the ILWU either. [Note: Local 701 has since admitted that they are the local that’s trying to take jobs at the Port of Longview.]