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Looking out over a sea of UMWA members who were wearing T-shirts that had the message “Peabody Promised” on the front and “Peabody Lied” on the back, United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil Roberts didn’t shy away from attacking Peabody Energy:
“You see where I am, I’m standing out here in the street and you see where they (Peabody) are. They are up there hiding (in their office building). They’ve got million dollar lawyers. They’ve got million dollar mouthpieces. They pay them $1,000 hour. … They are already paying pursuant to a court order $20 million a year for those 3,100 people. What they want is to give us $10 million a year for the same 3,100. No, thank you. The people who issued that statement want us to sell somebody out, but we’re not doing that. There are a lot more than 3,100 people that Peabody is responsible for. You can’t settle all the claims unless you cover all the people.”
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According to The Columbian: ”Don Marcus, international president of Masters, Mates & Pilots, said a boat operated by Kadoke Marine has been involved in several questionable incidents. They include an Aug. 20 incident in which the boat collided with ‘a stationary object,’ Marcus said, near United Grain’s facility, causing damage. In another incident, on Sept. 10, Marcus said the same boat failed to maneuver properly to allow company personnel to safely access the boat at Columbia Grain’s facility in North Portland. Marcus said the two maritime unions also believe the boat is supervised by an unfit captain.”Two maritime unions say United Grain Corp. at the Port of Vancouver and Columbia Grain in Portland are employing an unqualified, nonunion tug and towboat operator to move grain amid the companies’ ongoing lockout of union dockworkers, exposing people and the environment to danger on the region’s waterways.
The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots and the Inlandboatmen’s Union are honoring picket lines maintained by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. That means the maritime unions aren’t moving grain for the companies. In their...

Source: WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report

Source: AFL-CIO