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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. What do dockworkers do, and which parts of the job are ... - AOL

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    For example, dockworkers coordinate with trucking companies that come to port to retrieve containers and transport them to their next stop. Dockworkers are also responsible for securing cargo on ...

  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. Dockworkers’ strike causes shelves to be empty - AOL

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    GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Bottled water, paper towels and toilet paper are just a few of the essential items getting swept off the shelves on the heels of a dockworkers’ strike. Because of ...

  6. 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.

  7. 2024 United States port strike - Wikipedia

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    The top-tier hourly wage of $39 for longshoremen amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers can make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. 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.

  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. 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.