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dockers

noun

plural of docker, chiefly British

as in longshoremen

one who loads and unloads ships at a port dockers threatened to go on strike and shut down all shipping on the Thames

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Recent Examples of dockers In 1966, 129 militant women dockers were fired by RMK-BRJ, one of the factors that led to a Saigon dock strike at the end of that year. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 24 Aug. 2026 Set against the backdrop of 1930s East London, the musical dramatizes a pivotal historical moment when over 100,000 residents – Jews, Irish dockers, trade unionists, communists and everyday locals – united to oppose the rise of fascism in their neighborhood. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026

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The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Consumers, including the longshoremen and their families, would enjoy lower costs and better service.

— Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026

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For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies.

— Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026
Last September, three dockworkers were arrested after more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine were found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney waterfront.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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