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A Portland Teamster filed a federal lawsuit Sept. 14 alleging assault and battery by a guard working for Huffmaster Crisis Response, a Michigan-based strike staffing company hired to police the strike at the Nabisco bakery in Northeast Portland.
Jesse Dreyer, a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 162 union, says a Huffmaster agent beat him while he was picketing with members of the local bakers’ union outside the Portland Nabisco bakery on Monday morning.
Viral video shows aggressive protesters pounding on a bus window, not allowing it to pass, and Teamsters pushing security guards out of the way. The bus was filled with workers being taken to the factor to replace those who refused to get back to work.