A labor dispute forced the shutdown of container Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland on Thursday.
    The longshoremen are not picketing at this point. The dispute involves the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
    The ILWU describes it as “an internal dispute between Philippines-based port management company ICTSI and the ILWU over ICTSI’s refusal to comply with an arbitrator’s order.” An ILWU spokesman said the port continues try to “interject itself in the operation of the terminal.”
    An ILWU spokeswoman said no one walked off the job, and that the port “interjected itself and turned the trucks away.”

(source:Longshore & Shipping News)