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Judge Tells Longshore Union to Pay $60,000 in Portland Dispute by Associated Press Register-Guard, March 11, 2015

PORTLAND -- A federal judge has ordered the longshore union to pay nearly $60,000 to the National Labor Relations Board for violating a court order to resume normal operations at the Port of Portland's container terminal.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon ruled in December that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union continued to slow work even after a court order to get back to normal speed. On Monday, he set the amount owed for government lawyer fees.

The action is part of the long-running struggle between the union and the port's terminal operator that may cost the port much of its container business, The Oregonian reports .

The terminal operator, ICTSI Oregon, says ruling shows the union there is a cost to its actions. The union maintained it wasn't at fault.

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