I think the majority of people around here will support the ILWU

Even if it's a story of union jobs vs. union jobs which is already being litigated in the courts? According to the Seattle Times article:

....EGT, which is jointly owned by Korean, Japanese and U.S. investors, contracted with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701, based in Gladstone, Ore., to fill the 25 to 35 jobs at the terminal. But the Port of Longview has a contract for ILWU to do the work.

EGT sued the port in U.S. District Court in January seeking the right to pursue its own contract. EGT wants its own people — specially trained to work in the $200 million terminal and capable of unloading a 110-car train in less than four hours.

According to the lawsuit, "The lease did not impose any obligation whatsoever upon EGT to utilize union labor at the terminal, much less obligate EGT to utilize persons who are represented by Local 21 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union."

The Port of Longview disputes this. saying it had a working agreement with the union that EGT knew about when it began negotiating the lease in 2007. "If you disagree, then we have a serious dispute" that needs to be addressed in court, wrote Port Executive Director Kenneth B. O'Hollaren in court documents.

And even if they had a Federal restraining order against them before this happened? And even if they were aware the NLRB would be watching their conduct due to previous accusations?

Union under a restraining order

A federal restraining order was issued against the Longshoremen last week because the union had made death threats and was accused of assaults, Duscha said....

The union is to appear Thursday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton in Tacoma for a hearing on a petition filed eight days ago by Richard Ahearn, the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board. It alleges ILWU Locals 4 and 21 had targeted EGT officials, workers and contractors with increasingly violent unfair labor practices.

In one instance, Ahearn alleges...