NW longshoremen work despite unpopular contract

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Longshoremen at grain terminals in Portland and Vancouver, Wash., went to work Thursday under the contract terms they soundly rejected last weekend.

The terminal owners implemented the terms of their “last, best and final” offer at 6 a.m. after declaring talks to be at an impasse.

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