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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 ...
That rose to $24.75 per hour after two years on the job and to $31.90 after three years, topping out at $39 for workers with at least six years of service. The union secured a 61.5% raise over six ...
The walkout represents the first East Coast dock strike since 1977. A total of 14 ports involving some 25,000 workers are affected by the strike, according to USMX:
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on ...
Frank is a respected Polish-American treasurer for the International Brotherhood of Stevedores at the Baltimore docks. As the pater familias for the docks' longshoremen population, he manages the finances of the labor union and ensures that workers are taken care of—a task made harder by the decline of the local shipping industry and lack of available hours.
One of the white assailants appeared to punch the 16-year-old white dock worker who had driven the co-captain to the dock. [citation needed] [clarification needed] The initial assault was broken up in less than a minute. Arguments and fights with Harriott II workers continued. A black teenager was filmed swimming across the river to the dock.
Striking workers at the Red Hook Container Terminal gather after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, began walking off the job on Oct. 2, 2024, in Brooklyn, N.Y ...
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