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dock·work·er

(dŏk′wûr′kər)
n.
A dockhand; a longshoreman.
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Noun 1. [画像:dockworker - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port]dockworker - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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'A dockworker that is putting on a rubber slipper and not properly dressed, anything can happen.
Through photographs and writings gathered from the Dublin Dockworkers Preservation Society, O'Carroll and Bennett explore rich history of the Dublin dockworker and stevedore from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1970s.
Arbitrations declined 55 per cent and work stoppages decreased 82 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year, moves interpreted as a sign that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) wants cargo to return to the US west coast to protect dockworker jobs.
In "Placard and Broomstick," a grocery clerk mourns the death of his childhood friend, carrying a blank sign through the streets in protest because he's "filled with an incredible emptiness." An unemployed dockworker in "For Poor People" watches a strange woman paint an expression of a choking face onto a bollard, where a rope is tied from a boat like a noose.
A third dockworker is missing after the blast in Duisburg, which ripped open at least one of the vessel's fuel holds.
The son of a dockworker, Nigel was born in Merseyside in 1949 and became interested in dance as a child, studying at the Hylton-Bromley School of Dance and Drama and the Perry Cowell School of Dance, both in Wallasey.
We also note that one dockworker interviewed correlates the importance of his work's contribution to market dynamics by relating the transhipment of goods to import and export processes.
Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke provides a powerful tribute to an artist who created works for over six decades, from the time he left his job as a dockworker to his last productions, and considers how the South African artist captured the social history of South Africa from the 1940s to modern times.
Though dockworker wages vary by job and skill level, the average exceeds 50ドル per hour, according to the maritime association, which represents ocean-going shipping lines and the companies that load and unload cargo at port terminals.
I see myself as a kind of idle rich person" - Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting and son of a dockworker.
of Job observations GM GSD observations GM GSD Background/ 699 0.5 3.2 23 1.1 2.0 clerks LH 388 1.1 2.3 72 3.8 2.3 P&D (warm) 535 2.3 25 6.3 1.9 P&D (cold) 197 3.5 31 2.8 1.6 Dockworker 632 0.9 2.2 12 1.3 2.0 (propane) Dockworker 54 27.2 1.7 (diesel) Dockworker 9 5.5 1.6 (gasoline) Mechanics 96 1.5 2.4 38 4.8 2.4 (warm) Mechanics 53 4.3 4.0 42 28.0 2.8 (cold) Predicted Historical (c) (d) Job GM multiplier Background/ 1.1 NA (e) clerks LH 2.3 1.7 P&D (warm) 2.5 2.5 P&D (cold) 2.2 1.3 Dockworker 1.36 1.0 (propane) Dockworker 20.9 (f) (diesel) Dockworker 4.2 (f) (gasoline) Mechanics 2.0 2.4 (warm) Mechanics 7.6 3.7 (cold) Abbreviations: GM, geometric mean; GSD, geometric standard deviation; NA, not applicable.

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