Judge fines Longshore union $250,000 over labor tactics (WA)

Oregonian ^ | September 30, 2011 | AP

[jazusamo]

A federal judge has fined a Longshore union $250,000 for its tactics in a Longview labor dispute.

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Leighton says he rounded down to be cautious and ordered additional penalties for future violations.

[jazusamo]

This could get expensive for the Longshoremen thugs.

[bmwcyle]

Who gets the money? I am guessing not the victims.

[throwback]

And who messed with the railroad tracks up there? Thought I heard a rumor that it was these guys.

[JPG]

Don't the security guards who were threatened and in essence ‘kidnapped’ have a case for a giant civil suit against the union? I would love to see that. Make being a union thug very, very expensive.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Lolololol@jerks.

[jazusamo]

I’m anxious to see a more informative article, a lot of monetary damage was done by these thugs.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Heh heh heh. There’s a cool quarter of a mil the knuckledraggers won’t have to help get commie ‘RATS elected. I LOVE IT!!!

[Safetgiver]

They got more bucks than Marilyn Mondoe.

[jazusamo]

They’re suspected for doing damage to the tracks but no one has been charged. I don’t think there’s any witnesses and they sure won’t rat out one another.

[jazusamo]

I’d love to see those guards press a civil suit but nothings been said that I’ve seen.

[Irenic]

[throwback]

Makes you wonder. I know a lot of libs in the government sympathized with the eco-terrorists when they were going around destroying private property. Gregoire runs the state, Obama the country; any evidence may go missing if Labor did it.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Good !

[SeaHawkFan]

I’ll believe it when it is actually paid.

[GunRunner]

I hope the judge has a good security system and/or bodyguards. The Longshoremen thugs might want to pay him a “visit”.

[boop]

$250K is chump change for the union. That’s the salary for one longshoreman “supervisor”.

[USNBandit]

It is going to be really tough to pin the track sabotage on the longshoremen, but BNSF has its own police/security with a vested interest and plenty of time to investigate. I would love for them to catch a couple guys and go after the union.

$250,000 is a start, but this union is obviously hard headed and I don't think their illegal activities are done.

[jazusamo]

I hope so too. After the videos and what I’ve read over the last few weeks a lot of these guys are definitely mentally challenged.

[dynachrome]

“love to see those guards press a civil suit but”

They probably got a midnight visit from some longshoremen

[Logical me]

So belonging to this Union excuses criminal offenses and this fine is a joke. Maybe this is a tip to criminals, join a union and totally never go to jail card. Real nice.