However the situation became acute when waterfront workers led by the Seaman's Union went on strike in 1925.

The history that he uncovered about the waterfront workers initiated a 30-year involvement in researching the history of longshoremen on the Pacific Coast.

Sided with employers in the 1912 Waihi miners' strike and the waterfront workers' strike of 1913.

The pattern was the same in the United States: the sport of waterfront workers made its way into the leisure class.

The waterfront workers lived on the fringes of society in conditions that, even for those times, were abominable.

During the time, up to twenty thousand workers went on strike in support of waterfront workers protesting financial hardships and working conditions.

It would give the Coast Guard regulatory control over ports, require background checks of waterfront workers and provide for 1,500 new Customs agents.

The bull pen or bull system, where Australian waterfront workers' under the Dog collar act were hired for the day.

The majority of the people who lived around the temple were waterfront workers who were the backbone of the Penang port.

At the age of 20 he began his struggle for the interest of waterfront workers' wage negotiations and rights.