A union representing 22,000 workers on the US West Coast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it faces a $19m lawsuit by a terminal operator.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) filed the petition on Saturday in US bankruptcy court in San Francisco, where the union is headquartered.

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The ILWU said in the petition that it only has $11.6m