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Several hundred ILWU members and supporters marched to Mitsui-United Grain’s Vancouver headquarters on March 8, 2013, led by International President Robert McEllrath and International Vice President Ray Familathe. Photo by Jared Moultrie, ILWU Local 4.
The following text is excerpted from the Columbian:
Several hundred people rallied Friday morning at Esther Short Park to support the 44 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union who are locked out from work at the United Grain export terminal at the Port of Vancouver.
The Friday rally brought the union’s message to the heart of downtown, with union officials telling the crowd the fight will go on until a fair contract is reached.
“We don’t care how long. We’re going to win this struggle,” said Cager Clabaugh, president of ILWU Local 4.
Speakers from unions across the state and West Coast told local union members they stood together in the fight. After about 20 minutes, Robert McEllrath, the ILWU’s international president, held up a document he referred to as a “fair contract.” He then asked the crowd to help him deliver it to United Grain officials just three blocks away.
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