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Article: Teamster on Oak Harbor Freight Lines Picket Line Hit by Truck Driven by Replacement Worker.
- Article from:
- Science Letter
- Article date:
- October 14, 2008
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A Teamster business agent was hit today by a truck driven by a replacement worker as she was picketing legally in support of striking Oak Harbor Freight Lines' trucking employees in Pasco. Police have charged the driver with assault (see also International Brotherhood of Teamsters).
Oak Harbor employees in the Northwest walked off the job Sept. 22 in response to hostile efforts by company representatives to bully and intimidate workers, which are unfair labor practices in violation of federal law. The Teamsters are picketing Oak Harbor Freight Lines' trucks in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Eydie Dean, a business agent for Local 117 in ...