As tensions rise at picket lines, King County judge to limit Teamsters' activity [View all]

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A King County Superior Court commissioner is expected to limit some picket line activities by striking Teamsters who drive ready-mix concrete trucks.

In a Wednesday complaint for injunctive relief, attorneys for six concrete companies said union members have blocked vehicles entering and leaving the companies' sand-and-gravel plants, forcing them to wait over train tracks at some facilities. At a Redmond plant, the attorneys said, ready-mix trucks and personal vehicles were trapped for around seven hours, with the union the next day causing "a vehicular collision between a third-party individual and a member of the public driving on 188th Avenue."

The complaint also alleged that on Feb. 4 at a Seattle plant picketers "assaulted, intimidated, threatened and directed racial slurs to the driver of a vehicle" operated by a customer of concrete supplier CalPortland. "One of the union picketers used a baseball bat with a picket sign attached to assault the driver and damage the vehicle," the complaint states.

A union spokeswoman said none of its members called the driver a racial slur "and never would." She added the driver waved a bat at Teamsters who tried "to calm him down."

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