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2. Jack Hall (trade unionist) - Wikipedia

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   In 1944 he was named Hawaii's first regional director for the ILWU. He then led a drive that organized plantation and dock workers as one interracial union. Before the drive, most strikes were held by one ethnic group at a time, with the exception of the Oahu sugar strike of 1920 , during which Japanese and Filipino plantation workers went on ...

3. International Longshore and Warehouse Union - Wikipedia

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   Longshore worker and crane operator Al Webster joined the Seattle march on May 1, 2007 to call for an end to the Iraq war. In protest of the Iraq War, the ILWU encouraged longshore workers to "shut down all West Coast ports" by walking off the job on May 1, 2008, to "make May Day a 'No Peace, No Work' holiday." On May 1, more than 10,000 ILWU ...

4. Honolulu city job openings about 2,500, officials say

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   Feb. 16—Employing more than 10, 000 full-and part-time workers, the City and County of Honolulu continues to seek new ways to fill many of its unfilled jobs. Employing more than 10, 000 full-and ...

5. Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 - Wikipedia

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   Soon after the passing of the law, union activists began to enter Hawai'i to help activate its workers. On August 1, 1938, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), along with those of several other unions, organised a strike against launderers, auto dealers, warehouses, and vessels for better wages and union shops. Out ...

6. Meet Harold Daggett, the colorful and controversial union ...

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   A week ago, few outside the labor movement or shipping industry knew Harold Daggett, the tough-talking, colorful head of the union now on strike at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts.

7. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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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.

8. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act - Wikipedia

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   The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901–950, commonly referred to as the "Longshore Act" or "LHWCA" is federal workers' compensation law/act enacted in 1927. Initially, it mandated coverage to employees injured on navigable waters of the United States.

9. List of counties in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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   Hawai'i County: 001: Hilo: 1905: Island of Hawaiʻi, with which the county is coterminous; said to be named for Hawaiʻiloa, a legendary Polynesian navigator. Hawaiʻi: 207,615: 4,028 sq mi (10,432 km 2) Honolulu County: 003: Honolulu: 1905 "Sheltered bay" or "place of shelter" in the Hawaiian language, [9] Named after Honolulu, the capital and ...