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In a contract dispute where EGT signed a contract with a different union contractor to replace them
The ILWU believes EGT's lease with the Port of Longview entitles only its members to work at the terminal. EGT officials say they have the right to hire its own workforce, and they hired union contractor General Construction Co. of Federal Way to staff the terminal with union operating engineers.
hundreds of ILWU members then stormed the EGT terminal about 4:30 a.m. Sept. 8 and damaged a security shack, assaulted guards and spilled bulk corn from a mile-long train parked inside the terminal, according to the sheriff's office.
Here’s what happened when one of the union members, who identified himself as “Fuk U Kocksucker,” came outside:
"Fuk U Kocksucker" was identified by a witness at the terminal who later saw the video of him confronting a television news crew outside the longshore union hall on 14th Avenue in Longview
"Fuk U Kocksucker" a/k/a Ronald Patrick Stavas, a Kelso union longshoreman was arrested Monday on suspicion of four felony charges in connection with last Thursday's vandalism of the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview, Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson announced Tuesday.