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the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
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EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An East and Gulf coast port strike that could snarl supply chains, create shortages and raise prices on hundreds of goods is back in view as port operators and dockworkers resume contract negotiations this week.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Automation had been the one sticking point holding up a contract — dockworkers wanted to prevent further use of the technology.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An East and Gulf coast port strike that could snarl supply chains, create shortages and raise prices on hundreds of goods is back in view as port operators and dockworkers resume contract negotiations this week.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Automation had been the one sticking point holding up a contract — dockworkers wanted to prevent further use of the technology.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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dockworker
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dock·work·er
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