MAINE PUBLIC • November 20, 2023
Striking workers at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville say that five picketers were arrested on Monday. Dan Loudermilk, with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, says that local and county law enforcement arrived at the picket lines early on Monday and arrested five strikers, including four from Bath Iron Works Local S6. Loudermilk says the reasons for the arrests weren't immediately clear. Brendan Wolf, Woodland's director of human resources, says that he and other staff called law enforcement to report trucks being blocked by picketers. "People that were on the picket line weren't just walking, per their constitution rights. They were actually stopping and blocking vehicles.