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Longshoreman

A person who loads and unloads cargo from ships. Because these jobs are often both temporary and dangerous, longshoremen in the United States are entitled to coverage under the Longshore Act. A longshoreman is also called a docker or a stevedore.
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for Metropolitan Stevedore as a forklift driver on that date.
The William Price case ten years later
The Knights of Labor came to the defence of the union when its 2,514 labourers and 115 stevedores faced layoffs and salary reductions.
Peter C. Bischoff, Les Debardeurs au Port de Quebec: Tableau des luttes syndicales, 1831-1902
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the court of appeals reversed the district court's summary judgment and held that the shipowner had a duty to the stevedores, applying the "intervention duty" or "the active control duty" doctrine.
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The Ports shall ensure that migration to the new Stevedores & Shore Handling Scheme is done by following the statutory provisions under the existing Regulations.
India : New Stevedoring and Shore Handling Policy in Place for all Major Ports from 31st July, 2016

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