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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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.
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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
The plans have drawn rebuke from the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, the union representing dockworkers.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Autor said the hardship that dockworkers would face if automation were to advance and put many of them out of work.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
The union, which represents more than 40,000 dockworkers, went on strike for three days in October over automation as many wondered if robots would replace them at their jobs.
—Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Recently, nearly 50,000 dockworkers temporarily closed our major ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
But the labor stoppage is yet another disruption in a series of supply chain problems in Canada since last summer, when West Coast port dockworkers went on strike for two weeks before coming to a new deal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
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
The plans have drawn rebuke from the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, the union representing dockworkers.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Autor said the hardship that dockworkers would face if automation were to advance and put many of them out of work.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
The union, which represents more than 40,000 dockworkers, went on strike for three days in October over automation as many wondered if robots would replace them at their jobs.
—Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Recently, nearly 50,000 dockworkers temporarily closed our major ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
But the labor stoppage is yet another disruption in a series of supply chain problems in Canada since last summer, when West Coast port dockworkers went on strike for two weeks before coming to a new deal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
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