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  2. International Longshore and Warehouse Union - Wikipedia

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    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada; on the East Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshoremen's Association.

  3. Dockworker strike shuts down ports in the East, threatening ...

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    West Coast dockworkers are represented by a different union, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, or ILWU, which agreed to a new contract with the Pacific Maritime Assn. last year.

  4. International Longshoremen's Association - Wikipedia

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    The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

  5. 2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike - Wikipedia

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    On November 27, about 70 OCU members went on strike, with the number of strikers expanding over the following days. About 10,000 longshoremen at the ports, also ILWU members, honored the strike action and refused to cross the picket lines, shutting down over half of the terminals at the ports. Some estimates claim that the strike was causing ...

  6. How much do dockworkers make? Here is the pay raise they ...

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    For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.

  7. Workers at the largest US ports who can make over $100,000 ...

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    The dockworkers union's past includes some of the most influential strikes in US history. Workers at the largest US ports who can make over $100,000 are negotiating a contract for the first time ...

  8. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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    The word stevedore (/ ˈ s t iː v ɪ ˌ d ɔːr /) originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors. [3] It started as a phonetic spelling of estivador or estibador (), meaning a man who loads ships and stows cargo, which was the original meaning of stevedore (though there is a secondary meaning of "a man who stuffs" in Spanish); compare Latin ...

  9. Why a looming dockworkers' strike in the East is good ... - AOL

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    Last month, William Adams, the ILWU’s president, sent a letter to Daggett pledging solidarity with the ILA, but contract rules may make it harder this time for West Coast dockworkers to stop ...