Longshore in a sentence

Striking port workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada attend a rally in Vancouver on Thursday.

The remaining backpacks will be available for distribution by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, The Westin Maui Resort & Spa and Lahaina-area schools.

In his opening remarks, port Executive Director Gene Seroka commented on the ongoing strike by longshore workers — members of the International Longshoremen’s Association — on the East and Gulf Coast.

The longshore workers' contract with the Maritime Employers Association expired on Dec. 31.

The five victims — two girls, one boy and two adult men — were hospitalized in serious condition but expected to survive, Aurora police spokesman Officer Matthew Longshore told The Associated Press in an email.

The longshore workers, who have been without a contract since September 2018, say the strike that began Aug. 10 revolved largely around wages and scheduling.

The trade is essential to the economy, with longshore workers serving as a crucial link between moving goods from a shipping vessel onto trucks and trains that send them to their final destination, experts said.

Bay Area longshore workers did not stop with racial equality, though.

Here’s a photo of what Lewis loved doing the most—traveling the world with his wife, making friends with other workers, and weaving a network of longshore solidarity.

Longshore also expressed his appreciation for the family, friends and fellow Moose Lodge members who came out to celebrate his achievement.

Stanley “Doc” Longshore was recently awarded the Pilgrim Degree,the highest degree of the Loyal Order of Moose.

Black sand transported to the southwest by longshore currents now blocks the entrance to the Pohoiki boat ramp.

A ramp or stair that protrudes above the beach profile will tend to disrupt longshore currents creating deposits in front of the ramp, and scouring behind.

Breakwaters on either side of the Seaway prevent longshore drift and the bar from silting up.

Coastlines facing very energetic wind and wave systems will tend to hold only large rocks as smaller particles will be held in suspension in the turbid water column and carried to calmer areas by longshore currents and tides.

Concrete ramp or steps A concrete ramp should follow the natural profile of the beach to prevent it from changing the normal flow of waves, longshore currents, water and wind.

President George W. Bush invoked the law in connection with the employer lockout of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union during negotiations with West Coast shipping and stevedoring companies in 2002.

Sediment is transported along the coast in the direction of the prevailing current ( longshore drift ).

Sediment that remains in suspension when the following wave crest arrives will not be able to settle and compact and will be more susceptible to erosion by longshore currents and receding tides.

These banks may slowly migrate along the coast in the direction of the longshore drift, alternately protecting and exposing parts of the coastline.