Dock worker sacked over drug use claims company ... - The Irish Times
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Michael Martin, who drove an empty container handler machine at Dublin Port as an employee of logistics firm Scruttons (NI) Ltd, has brought a claim under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 over...
Preserving Dockers' nicknames, from Rubber Legs to Long Balls …
WEBJul 14, 2023 · Research into dock workers’ nicknames is scant, for now. But they’re a tradition that existed in Ringsend for generations, says Declan Byrne, who helped to found the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society in 2011. Byrne reckons that two-thirds of deep-sea dockers in Dublin were from Ringsend …
Dockworker - Wikipedia
WEBA dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships. [1] As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the required number of dockworkers declined by …
The Irish on the Docks of Portland - Maine Memory Network
WEBMany of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Ven. Matt Talbot - The Catholic Company
WEBThe simple Irish dock worker Matt Talbot is beloved around the world for his incredible story as a recovered alcoholic. As the story goes, he once even stole a fiddle from a street entertainer to sell for drinking money.
Why 45,000 dock workers are striking | Vox
WEB9 hours ago · Approximately 45,000 workers walked off the job at 12:01 am, making it the most significant strike the union has engaged in since 1977. On Tuesday, workers at 36 different ports stopped work...
What’s behind the dockworkers strike and what it means for U.S
WEB8 hours ago · William Brangham. By — Jackson Hudgins. Leave your feedback. Audio. Tens of thousands of dockworkers along the East and Gulf coasts are on strike, freezing operations at ports that handle about...
Dockworkers go on strike at US ports from Maine to Texas | Irish ...
WEB6 hours ago · Today at 18:30. Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines yesterday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if...
Seventh workplace death on the Irish docks in the last two years …
WEBAug 17, 2019 · The tragic death of Nicholas 'Nick' Collier marks the seventh death of a worker in an Irish port in the past two years. Published reports indicate a refrigeration unit was being loaded onto the back of the driver’s truck …
'I will cripple you,’ ILA union chief Harold Dagget said of economy ...
WEB18 hours ago · Dockworkers at the Maher Terminals in Port Newark are on strike on October 1, 2024 in New Jersey. Image: Bryan R. Smith (Getty Images) Harold Daggett, the president and chief negotiator for...