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the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Target's third-quarter sales and profit fell below expectations after a short dockworker strike in early October.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Target etched out a slim sales increase in the third quarter and profits slumped as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending and costs related to a dockworker strike in October dragged on results.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers had walked off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Joy is not what many Americans feel this first week of October as war comes to the Middle East, survivors of Hurricane Helene deal with the wreckage, and the first dockworkers’ strike since 1977 for several days stopped half the nation’s ocean shipping.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 5 Oct. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Target etched out a slim sales increase in the third quarter and profits slumped as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending and costs related to a dockworker strike in October dragged on results.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers had walked off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Joy is not what many Americans feel this first week of October as war comes to the Middle East, survivors of Hurricane Helene deal with the wreckage, and the first dockworkers’ strike since 1977 for several days stopped half the nation’s ocean shipping.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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dockworker
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dock·work·er
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