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[[Image:DockerWest India Docks.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An English docker, London]] | [[Image:DockerWest India Docks.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An English docker, London]] | ||
| − | + | '''Longshoremen''' are dock workers who load and unload ships at ports. | |
| + | They are sometimes called '''stevedores''' (derived from the [[Spain|Spanish]] ''estibador'' or [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ''estivador '' "man who loads"), defined as an individual (or sometimes a firm that employs individuals) who contract to load or unload a ship.<ref>[http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration]</ref> | ||
| + | In the [[United Kingdom]], they are called '''Dockers''' and in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] they are often referred to as '''Longshoremen'''. | ||
==American dock workers strike== | ==American dock workers strike== | ||
| − | * Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. 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. [https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/how-much-do-dock-workers-make-longshoreman-salary/?intcid=CNR-02-0623] | + | In October 2024, a [[port strike]] involving some 35,000 longshoreman began on America's east coast. |
| + | * "Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. 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." [https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/how-much-do-dock-workers-make-longshoreman-salary/?intcid=CNR-02-0623] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:09, October 2, 2024
Longshoremen are dock workers who load and unload ships at ports. They are sometimes called stevedores (derived from the Spanish estibador or Portuguese estivador "man who loads"), defined as an individual (or sometimes a firm that employs individuals) who contract to load or unload a ship.[1] In the United Kingdom, they are called Dockers and in the United States and Canada they are often referred to as Longshoremen.
American dock workers strike
In October 2024, a port strike involving some 35,000 longshoreman began on America's east coast.
- "Pay for longshoremen is based on their years of experience. Under the ILA's former contract with USMX, which expired on Monday, starting pay for dockworkers was $20 per hour. 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." [1]