dockworkers

plural of dockworker
as in longshoremen
one who loads and unloads ships at a port the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship

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Recent Examples of dockworkers Large and established labor unions secured meaningful employer concessions this year following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip. CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024 The Port of Los Angeles spent months preparing for the possibility of a dockworkers strike on the East Coast, Seroka told The Times in October. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 Thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike in October over wages and the use of automation, shutting down seaports along the East Coast and disrupting normal trade. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Dockworkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworkers. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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