Portland sledgehammer blues: no one looks good

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If you ever wanted proof of the law of diminishing returns, the bankruptcy and placing into Chapter 11 of the ILWU is a standout example.

What began as a dispute over two (yep, you read that right, just two) jobs at Portland’s Terminal 6 container facility led to: firstly, the terminal being shut; then losing its entire customer base; then losing its operator; and then, in a delicious act of some hubristic hens coming home to roost, the very people who ...