A Longshoreman is a dockworker, who performs a vital and dangerous job. A Longshoreman helps make sure items are shipped safely and securely, and delivered.
You have to know someone or have a relative there.
Longshoremen are also called dock or harbor workers. This job entails both manual and mechanical work. Longshoremen are mainly responsible for loading and unloading cargo on docked ships.
That would be a stevedore, I believe. Or a Longshoreman.
Contact the Longshoreman's local union to see if they have a record of it in their files.
Longshoremen are selected and hired like anyone applying for a job. You first have to apply for the position. Then you will be interviewed. If you are what the company is looking for, you may be hired.
Anywhere on the coast. Search for ports that are near you online. It is a very hard job to get, usually have to know someone to get in or at least that's how it used to be.
The term "longshoreman" originated from "alongshoreman," which referred to a worker who toiled along the shore loading and unloading cargo from ships. Over time, the term was condensed to "longshoreman" to describe individuals who work on the docks handling cargo.
about $40 an hour
International Longshoreman Association
ILA ( International Longshoreman's Association )
A longshoreman is a person who helps to unload cargo onto a ship. Longshoreman manage the cargo that moves by ocean freight, and work in ports in the United States and around the world.
a dock man or a longshoreman