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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President-elect Trump appeared to indicate his support for the dockworkers union in its contract dispute with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) that led to a major strike at East Coast and Gulf ports earlier this year.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Target suffered from supply chain problems during a dockworker’s strike which barely scathed Walmart.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The shipping companies had moved closer to some of the dockworkers’ demands.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
But other facts were on Harris’s side: a deal that ended a dockworkers’ strike, a jobs report that proved the strength of the economy.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Target suffered from supply chain problems during a dockworker’s strike which barely scathed Walmart.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The shipping companies had moved closer to some of the dockworkers’ demands.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
But other facts were on Harris’s side: a deal that ended a dockworkers’ strike, a jobs report that proved the strength of the economy.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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