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Line 1: − A '''Stevedore''' (derived from the [[Spain|Spanish]] ''estibador'' or [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ''estivador '' "man who loads") is 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'''. + + + − + +
Stevedore => longshoreman (U.S. English)
[[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==