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A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, docker, wharfman, lumper or wharfie) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships. [ 1 ] As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the required number of dockworkers has declined by over 90% since the 1960s.
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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. The ILA has ...
It was the region of the union International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) local 1422 and they decided to picket against it. With this kind of preparation and continuous provocation by the police, including racist taunts, [citation needed] the picketing longshoremen got in touch with ILA 1422A mechanics union and Locals 1771. By nightfall ...
Thomas William "Teddy" Gleason (November 8, 1900 – December 24, 1992) was president of the International Longshoremen's Association from 1963 to 1987. Gleason was born in New York City, the oldest of 13 children. Coming from a family of longshoremen, he left school after the
Audiobook narrator(s) Audiobook publication date Notes 1 Another Life: Peter Anghelides 4 January 2007 ISBN 978-0-563-48653-4: John Barrowman: 7 April 2007 Audiobook is abridged 2 Border Princes: Dan Abnett: ISBN 978-0-563-48654-1: Eve Myles: 3 Slow Decay: Andy Lane: ISBN 978-0-563-48655-8: Burn Gorman: 4 Something in the Water: Trevor ...
[19] [20] The APA estimates that audiobook sales in 2015 in digital format increased by 34% over 2014. [21] The resurgence of audio storytelling is widely attributed to advances in mobile technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and multimedia entertainment systems in cars, also known as connected car platforms.