Columbia Export Terminal filed a SLAPP lawsuit in December 2018 seeking nearly $16 million from 154 stevedores at its Portland, Oregon grain dock and naming their union, the ILWU, as a defendant. The workers have operated without a contract since May 2018 while grain exporters push for longer hours and cuts to pension and medical benefits.
A prolonged labor dispute at a Columbia River grain terminal could slow export loadings from the Pacific Northwest, which may support soybean and corn basis in the short term. Price impact is likely modest unless the dispute leads to a stoppage.
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