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do ker

  • n  a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

  • When the Pay Board in March cut back the wage increase that West Coast dock workers had won, four of the five labor members stomped off the board, and the dockers threatened to .
  • The dockers also rejected recommendations for government job guarantees and substantial increases in retirement pay.
  • This time the dockers, hard pressed by the introduction of containerized cargo and other improvements, were fighting for jobs.

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