as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Dockworkers reach tentative agreement, suspending port strike 01:20 A 2019-2020 report by the Waterfront Commission, which oversees New York Harbor, found that a third of the longshoremen based there made $200,000 or more annually including overtime pay.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
More than a decade before the Dali container ship toppled Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a Seattle longshoreman named Roger Murray climbed aboard another vessel managed by the same Singaporean company.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, days after the strike deadline, appeared to side with longshoremen on the issue of automation last month.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
With shift work and overtime, the pay of many longshoremen at some East Coast ports could rise to well over $200,000 a year.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
More than a decade before the Dali container ship toppled Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a Seattle longshoreman named Roger Murray climbed aboard another vessel managed by the same Singaporean company.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, days after the strike deadline, appeared to side with longshoremen on the issue of automation last month.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
With shift work and overtime, the pay of many longshoremen at some East Coast ports could rise to well over $200,000 a year.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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