Cowlitz County will retry ILWU president

[DET63]

The international president of the longshore union is back on trial in connection with last year’s labor dispute, three months after his last District Court trial ended in a hung jury.
Robert McEllrath of San Francisco, international president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, is charged with obstructing a train — a misdemeanor — on Sept. 7, 2011.

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[Anderson]

So was the first trial derailed? *rimshot*

 

[DET63]

ILWU president guilty of obstruction for role in grain terminal protest

A Cowlitz County jury Friday found longshore union President Robert McEllrath guilty of obstructing a train during last summer's labor dispute at the EGT grain terminal.
Jurors deliberated about an hour and 40 minutes before delivering the verdict.