Topic: International Longshoremen'S Association
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A two-day wildcat strike at the area's ports ended late Wednesday after picketing dock workers protesting a labor dispute elsewhere agreed to...
NY, NJ longshoremen on strike for 2nd day despite court order; ships waiting to be unloadedLongshoremen remain on strike at ports in New Jersey and New York despite a judge ordering them back to work.New York Shipping Association spokeswoman Beverly Fedorko ...
Shipping group: Longshoremen stopping work at ports in New York, New JerseyA longshoremen's work stoppage brought parts of Port Newark to a standstill Tuesday, leaving ships filled with containers waiting to be unloaded.The New York Shipping Association said the stoppage ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - All cargo terminals were closed at the Port of New York and New Jersey on Tuesday, due to a strike by members of the International Longshoremen's Association union, a spokesman said."It's a picket line put up ...
March 30, 1990, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.), Australian-born American labour leader, president of the San Francisco-based International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) from 1937 to 1977.. Bridges left home to become a maritime seaman at the age of 16 ...
Jurors weigh claim of female dock worker in Va. who publicly relieved herself, was punishedJurors in Norfolk are deliberating the discrimination case of a female dock worker who was punished by her union for urinating on the job when a male co-worker ...
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