Examples of dockworker in a Sentence
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Both ports, based out of the Netherlands and Belgium respectively, have endured multiple union dockworker strikes over several days in February that have slowed operations.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The dockworkers’ union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, said nearly 99 percent of its members had supported the contract, which raises wages 62 percent over six years and guarantees jobs when employers introduce technology that can move cargo autonomously.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The dockworkers’ union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, said nearly 99 percent of its members had supported the contract, which raises wages 62 percent over six years and guarantees jobs when employers introduce technology that can move cargo autonomously.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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dock·work·er
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