A United States District Court Judge today denied the NLRB’s motion to ban picketing at the EGT facility in the Port of Longview. The judge issued only a very narrow preliminary injunction preserving the right to peaceful picket — far short of what the NLRB sought.
Multinational EGT loses bid to severely restrict workers’ free speech rights
“Union members are pleased with the outcome even though they are smarting from false allegations of hostage-taking that were spread in the media throughout the day, an outright lie intended to discredit the union and its struggle for good jobs for the community,” said Leal Sundet, Coast Committeeman for the ILWU Coast Longshore Division.
“EGT has employed a professional strike breaker and a labor provocateur to manufacture trouble during peaceful protest, but they can’t change the fact that longshore workers are simply wanting to go to work and do their jobs,” Sundet said.