as in longshoreman
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 dockworker
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 International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents West Coast dockworkers, said the extra charges would encourage carriers to unload cargo outside the U.S. and then truck it across the borders with Mexico and Canada.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2025
Key Facts The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents more than 85,000 dockworkers, reached a tentative deal with shippers and port operators Wednesday without disclosing its details, according to ABC News, as the agreement still requires a vote by union members.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, on Tuesday resumed in-person talks aimed at forging a new labor contract.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents West Coast dockworkers, said the extra charges would encourage carriers to unload cargo outside the U.S. and then truck it across the borders with Mexico and Canada.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2025
Key Facts The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents more than 85,000 dockworkers, reached a tentative deal with shippers and port operators Wednesday without disclosing its details, according to ABC News, as the agreement still requires a vote by union members.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, on Tuesday resumed in-person talks aimed at forging a new labor contract.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
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Heroic lead character and longshoreman Terry Malloy stands up to rackets boss Johnny Friendly, gets beaten bloody, and in the final reel leads his fellow longshoremen back into the brutal purgatory of the big city docks.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline.—
Sophia Vento,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.—
Michael Denning,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2015
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America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
4 Oct. 2024
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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