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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Read All About It Tens of thousands of dockworkers reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract with the company representing 14 major ports from Boston to Miami and along the Gulf Coast, avoiding a looming strike.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Unions secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months 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.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has publicly aligned with the dockworkers, warning against the human cost of automation.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
The looming debt issue and potential for a dockworker strike could help explain the run in gold of late.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Unions secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months 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.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has publicly aligned with the dockworkers, warning against the human cost of automation.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
The looming debt issue and potential for a dockworker strike could help explain the run in gold of late.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
Noun
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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 21 May. 2025.
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