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one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Recent Examples of longshoremen
The longshoremen want this banned.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Things like fish, produce, chocolate, wine, and olive oil all arrive via the ports where longshoremen have walked off the job.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
Thousands of longshoremen and dockworkers along the Eastern seaboard of the United States and the Gulf Coast walked off the job on Tuesday after the International Longshoremen's Association failed to reach contract agreements with the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the West Coast.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
While the vice president debate, which took place just miles away from Port Jersey, seemed far from mind for the longshoremen, the strike could also have electoral repercussions.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
Only workers at 14 East and Gulf Coast port are on strike; West Coast longshoremen are represented by a different union, which negotiated significant wage increases for its members in 2023.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Negotiations between the ports and longshoremen initially broke down in June after the union alleged ports had violated rules on the use of automation.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Things like fish, produce, chocolate, wine, and olive oil all arrive via the ports where longshoremen have walked off the job.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
Thousands of longshoremen and dockworkers along the Eastern seaboard of the United States and the Gulf Coast walked off the job on Tuesday after the International Longshoremen's Association failed to reach contract agreements with the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the West Coast.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
While the vice president debate, which took place just miles away from Port Jersey, seemed far from mind for the longshoremen, the strike could also have electoral repercussions.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
Only workers at 14 East and Gulf Coast port are on strike; West Coast longshoremen are represented by a different union, which negotiated significant wage increases for its members in 2023.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Negotiations between the ports and longshoremen initially broke down in June after the union alleged ports had violated rules on the use of automation.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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