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the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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The shipping companies had moved closer to some of the dockworkers’ demands.
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
But other facts were on Harris’s side: a deal that ended a dockworkers’ strike, a jobs report that proved the strength of the economy.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Oh, and one potential nasty October surprise has been neutralized with the suspension of the dockworkers’ strike.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
For example, the dockworkers’ strike ending with a substantial pay increase recently is the sort of thing the FOMC will be monitoring, to make sure wage-lead inflation doesn’t resume.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
But other facts were on Harris’s side: a deal that ended a dockworkers’ strike, a jobs report that proved the strength of the economy.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Oh, and one potential nasty October surprise has been neutralized with the suspension of the dockworkers’ strike.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
For example, the dockworkers’ strike ending with a substantial pay increase recently is the sort of thing the FOMC will be monitoring, to make sure wage-lead inflation doesn’t resume.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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dockworker
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dock·work·er
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