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Longshoremen — Longshoreman Long shore man, n.; pl. {Longshoremen}. [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Longshoremen (band) — The Longshoremen were an American independent/alternative band from San Francisco, California, in the 1980s. Trouser Press describes them as a cryptic poetry damage vocal trio. Their recordings are characterized by being mostly vocal beat poetry… … Wikipedia
longshoremen — n. person who works on the docks loading and unloading ships long·shore·man || lɔŋʃɔrmÉ™n / lÉ’Å‹ÊƒÉ”Ë … English contemporary dictionary
longshoremen — See stevedores … Ballentine's law dictionary
Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act — A federal statute which provides, with certain exceptions, for compensation, for injuries occurring in maritime employment, in cases where recovery for the resulting disability or death through workmen s compensation proceedings may not validly… … Ballentine's law dictionary
International Longshoremen's Association — Infobox Union name= ILA country= United States, Canada affiliation= AFL CIO, CLC, ITF members= 65,000 (2006)ref|members full name= International Longshoremen s Association native name= founded= 1892 current= head= dissolved date= dissolved state … Wikipedia
San Francisco Longshoremen’s Strike — In the summer of 1934, a strike of stevedores on the West Coast escalated following the shooting of two strikers in San Francisco on 5 July. Led by Harry Bridges, other trade unions instigated a general strike involving 12,000 workers in San… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
1934 West Coast waterfront strike — The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen s Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted eighty three days, triggered by sailors and a four day general strike in San Francisco, and… … Wikipedia
Stevedore — Docker redirects here. For other uses, see Docker (disambiguation). Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, c.1912 Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer,… … Wikipedia
Battle of Ballantyne Pier — The Battle of Ballantyne Pier was a clash between city, provincial, and federal police and Communist led protesters on 18 June 1935 in the East End of Vancouver, Canada. It lasted for about three hours and was the climax of a strike by… … Wikipedia
Harry Bridges — Infobox Person name = Harry Bridges image size = 180px caption = Time Magazine , July 19, 1937. birth date = birth date|1901|7|28|mf=y birth place = Melbourne, Australia death date = death date and age|1990|3|30|1901|7|28|mf=y death place = San… … Wikipedia
