Foreshadowing The Great Recession of 2013: Longshoremen Don't Want To Strike ...

... either that or they saw what happened to the Hostess/Twinkie union employees when they went on strike ... which lasted about a week ...

Link here to KX News.

Longshore workers say they don't want to strike grain terminals in the Northwest, and want to continue contract talks with terminal owners beyond a Wednesday deadline.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent said Monday that they have proposed additional dates for talks to the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association, which represents the owners of 6 grain terminals along the Columbia River and in Puget Sound in contract talks.

This would be up in Portland, Oregon, I suppose.