Timeline for Port workers terms

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Dec 7, 2018 at 17:27	comment	added	Nelson Teixeira		@PhilSweet AFAIU from the site, a tenant contract is a company that has a regular contract with the port for suppliying some service and that has its own employees. The site is offering jobs at these companies. In our case the employer is the port itself that calls casual workers for a single service, when there is one. So I don't think the term "tenant" fits here. But anyway, thanks for your contribution.
Dec 7, 2018 at 0:36	comment	added	Chappo Hasn't Forgotten		You'll find that each region/country has a different preferred name for this role. In Australia, for instance, longshoreman would generally be met with blank looks! The other three are intelligible here, and stevedore is the term used by the union representing "waterside workers", but the workers are most commonly referred to as wharfies.
Dec 6, 2018 at 23:06	comment	added	Phil Sweet		I think tenant contractor is what you want for 2.
Dec 6, 2018 at 23:02	history	edited	Nelson Teixeira	CC BY-SA 4.0	corrected english
Dec 6, 2018 at 22:56	answer	added	Jim Mack		timeline score: 3
Dec 6, 2018 at 22:37	history	edited	Nelson Teixeira	CC BY-SA 4.0	corrected english
Dec 6, 2018 at 22:32	comment	added	Hot Licks		"Longshoreman" is probably the most familiar to folks in the US, and there is a 'Longshoreman's Union" for the workers.
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Dec 6, 2018 at 22:27	history	asked	Nelson Teixeira	CC BY-SA 4.0