The Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council has passed the following resolution:
Resolution Condemning Operating Engineers Local 701 for Raiding Activities at the Port of Longview
Whereas, the purpose of a labor union is to leverage the collective power of workers to improve and protect the working conditions and standard of living of working men and women; and
Whereas, the strength of each union and the union movement as a whole depends on the unity of all of the members therein; and
Whereas, OE Local 701 has not only agreed to work in collusion with the employer on the docks at Longview but has also sided with the multinational, union-busting employer in the media against the ILWU longshore collective actions at the Port of Longview;
Therefore, be it resolved that the OBTC state federation Executive Board and its local union affiliates condemn in the strongest way possible the raiding activity of OE Local 701, and finally;
Be it resolved that the OBTC state federation send a letter to OE Local 701 demanding that Local 701 immediately cease and desist from allowing its members to displace ILWU longshoremen at the EGT facility in the Port of Longview.