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  • After sealing for seven months I came back to California and took odd jobs at coal shovelling and longshoring and also in a jute factory, where I worked from six in the morning until seven at night.

    Jack London: By Himself 1913

  • After sealing for seven months I came back to California and took odd jobs at coal shovelling and longshoring and also in a jute factory, where I worked from six in the morning until seven at night.

    The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii Jack London 1896

  • As of 2009, women represent 6.4 per cent of the B.C. longshoring workforce, the BCMEA says in its complaint.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • The problem of union corruption was growing in public awareness, and CIO's industrial unions were less vulnerable to penetration by criminal elements than were the AFL's trucking, longshoring, building, and entertainment unions.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The problem of union corruption was growing in public awareness, and CIO's industrial unions were less vulnerable to penetration by criminal elements than were the AFL's trucking, longshoring, building, and entertainment unions.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The problem of union corruption was growing in public awareness, and CIO's industrial unions were less vulnerable to penetration by criminal elements than were the AFL's trucking, longshoring, building, and entertainment unions.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • As of 2009, women represent 6.4 per cent of the B.C. longshoring work force, the BCMEA says in its complaint.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) will hold a meeting March 24, 2009, to discuss its goals for the next 2 years and review accomplishments achieved during the last 2 years, which included developing shipyard and longshoring industry guidance documents and digests, expanding OSHA's shipyard eTool module and publishing a Safety and Health Prevention Sheet ....

    EHSToday.com RSS Feed 2009

  • Seattle-based SSA Marine, for example, provides the stevedores who choreograph the work of longshoring crews and manage other terminal operations in Savannah.

    unknown title 2009

  • Trucking, for example, has seen steep declines in recent months, as has railroad work, longshoring, warehousing, logistics and maritime law.

    Long Beach Press Telegram Most Viewed 2009

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