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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Labor unions have 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.
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Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
At the Port of Los Angeles, dockworkers moved 921,616 TEUs, up 24.1 percent from the prior December.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2025
Recent months have seen labor unions win significant concessions from employers, following high-profile strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino employees on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
At the Port of Los Angeles, dockworkers moved 921,616 TEUs, up 24.1 percent from the prior December.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2025
Recent months have seen labor unions win significant concessions from employers, following high-profile strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino employees on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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