Word: portes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...During port layovers, which take up a quarter of a seaman's working time, they get no compensation at all. Nor are they eligible for unemployment insurance, or the benefits almost all U.S. workers get under the Wage & Hour...
...these anchored vessels were so much evidence that the biggest port in the world was well on its way toward what might be the biggest tie-up in its history...
Shipping circles suspected that the growing paralysis of the port was part of the master plan to soften up the shipowners for the C.I.O. maritime unions' strike, set for June 15. Also unionists wanted to delay sailings so as to be ashore if & when their strike is called. "Flash strikes" on ships over petty grievances were becoming increasingly frequent...
...I.L.A. and N.M.U. headquarters vigorously denied that there was any overall slowdown. Whether or not the tie-up was union-made, there was not much point in more ships coming into the congested harbor. After cargoes are again available, it would take weeks to load those ships already in port...
When the 7,933-ton Zebulon Vance left Le Havre on May 7 with 369 G.I. brides and 57 children, a port commander said the ship was "in excellent condition." Two physical checkups had certified that the G.I. babies were in "good health." Since the Zebulon Vance was sailing 40 under capacity, there were hopes of a reasonably comfortable crossing. After many a tearful Gallic farewell, the brides settled down to what should have been the happiest voyage of their lives...