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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 ...
Played by: Elisabeth Noone Appears in season 2: "Ebb Tide" and "Hard Cases".; Joan is Louis' wife and the two live with their grown son, Nick.Joan bemoans her family's drinking habits and tries to encourage Nick to get as much work as possible at the port.
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The Justice Department has lost two cases against Daggett, in which he was accused of being an associate of the Genovese crime family. [9] In testimony at a trial in 2005, George Barone, a former Genovese "soldier" who was a Mafia enforcer before turning state's evidence, testified that Daggett was controlled by the Mafia; in his own testimony, Daggett depicted himself as a victim of the Mafia ...
The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike Tuesday over wages and the use of automation, shutting down seaports with a work stoppage that threatens to ...
President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labor deal with dockworkers on strike for a second day on Wednesday, choking half the ...
Union workers had just displayed racial unity in the general strike, even in the face of provocations and harassment from the strongly anti-union New Orleans Times-Democrat, for one example. [ 2 ] But this time, under pressure, a "race to the bottom" bidding war between white and black groups developed into violence.
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