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Dockworker
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<p>A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, docker, wharfman, lumper or wharfie) is a <a href="/facts/Dock_(maritime)/9dBnHqCA">waterfront</a> manual laborer who loads and unloads <a href="/facts/Ship/418ptx1L">ships</a>. </p><p>As a result of the <a href="/facts/Intermodal_container/797lTKzR">intermodal shipping container</a> revolution, the required number of dockworkers has declined by over 90% since the 1960s. </p>