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the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Recent months have seen labor unions win significant concessions from employers, following high-profile strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino employees on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Labor unions have secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
But the labor stoppage is yet another disruption in a series of supply chain problems in Canada since last summer, when West Coast port dockworkers went on strike for two weeks before coming to a new deal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
The 45,000 dockworkers’ ongoing threats to resume their strike over automation would shut down ports and could damage the economy as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Labor unions have secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
But the labor stoppage is yet another disruption in a series of supply chain problems in Canada since last summer, when West Coast port dockworkers went on strike for two weeks before coming to a new deal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2024
The 45,000 dockworkers’ ongoing threats to resume their strike over automation would shut down ports and could damage the economy as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
—Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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dockworker
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dock·work·er
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