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‘Play with fire,’ get burned by ILW union

By Joel Gehrke
Published September 8, 2011 4:00am ET
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‘Play with fire,’ get burned by ILW union
Hundreds of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members stormed a Washington grain facility and took six security guards hostage while dumping grain and damaging railroad cars. Yesterday, police detained and released International Longshore and Warehouse Union president Bob McEllrath for leading a protest at a grain export facility. The International Trade Union Federation  condemned the […]

Hundreds of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members stormed a Washington grain facility and took six security guards hostage while dumping grain and damaging railroad cars.

Yesterday, police detained and released International Longshore and Warehouse Union president Bob McEllrath for leading a protest at a grain export facility. The International Trade Union Federation  condemned the detention:

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