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  • Cargill defects longshore union offer rejected

    Richard Read, The Oregonian|Updated Dec 20, 2012

    Cones mark a new alternate entrance to the Port of Portland's Terminal 5. The Port and Columbia Grain Inc. added a second gate so replacement workers could use one entrance, in the event of a lockout, and employees of other companies could use another to bypass the union picket line. As Cargill defected, three other owners of Northwest grain terminals rejected a longshore union offer Monday, dismissing it as uncompetitive. Members of longshore union locals will vote Friday and Saturday on an earlier “last, best and f...