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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada; on the East Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshoremen's Association. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, a three-month-long strike that ...
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The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; the ILA has approximately 200 local affiliates in port cities in these areas. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is dominant on the West Coast ...
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Longshoremen on a New York dock load barrels onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, c. 1912. Dockers load bagged cargo onto a barge in Port Sudan, 1960 A dockworker (also called a docker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore, wharfie, or wharfman) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships. [1] As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the ...
Cosplayers of Star Wars, a popular science fiction franchise, pose during a promotional event for an upcoming film in Jakarta on May 3, 2026, ahead of Star Wars Day on May 4, a fan celebration inspired by a pun on the film's famous line "May the Force be with you". (Photo by Yoga Cita / AFP via Getty Images)