International longshore and warehouse union grievance committee.ILWU ILWU n abbr (US) (= International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union) → sindicato internacional de trabajadores portuarios y almacenistas ILWU n abbr (US) (= Local 1339 vs. Dubai Ports World DP World is a subsidiary of Dubai World, a holding company owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT Section 1 Q: Can you tell us which events led to the work stoppage stoppage - /sto'p*j/ Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer." ? A: Yeah, totally. Okay, so there was me and Rudy, okay, and we were on our second 15-- Q: Those are your breaks, right? A: Right, right. We get twelve 15-minute breaks per shift, unless we're on overtime or premium overtime, in which case we get less breaks but they got to add some personal days to the bank. Unless we're only doing modified overtime, and then it's like regular flextime flextime, system of assigning hours for work that permits employees to choose, within specified limits, the hours that they will be at their place of employment. In many companies, there is a "core time" when all employees must be present each workday. when it's up to the shop steward A Labor Union official elected to represent members in a plant or particular department. The shop steward's duties include collection of dues, recruitment of new members, and initial negotiations for settlement of grievances. Cross-references Labor Union. how we do breaks and stuff. Unless it's a weekend. If it's a weekend, then the union rep has to meet with the steward and decide how to handle the downside Downside The dollar amount by which the market or a stock has the potential to fall. Notes: You might hear someone say that the downside on stock XYZ is $10. What that means is that the stock could fall by this amount if things got bad. hours and whether to use Rule 19 for part of the shift, which is great for me 'cause I got kids and our last contract says I can apply those hours but Rudy's got elderly parents so Rule 19's pretty much the last thing he needs during flextime weekends. Unless he goes permanent flextime, which I think he's thinking about-- Q: If I could just break in here. In the interest of speed. So you're on break? A: Yeah, yeah. Just having a smoke and an Entenmann's and leaning against one of the containers that we just lifted off a ship, tight? Just sort of leaning against the container, smokin' and jokin', when this guy, the dock manager, Ahmet or Mehmet or something, comes up and he's all p.o.'ed about something and telling us to move away from that specific container, tight? Like it's a special container or something? And remember, these containers, they're just off the boat, no seals on 'em, no inspections, nothing. Just right off the boat from ... um ... I'm gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. say Sudan? Somewhere? Sudan? Yeah, I think. Anyway. So we're leaning up against it with our Kools and our raspberry raspberry, name for several thorny shrubs of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for their fruit (see bramble). raspberry Any of many species of fruit-bearing bushes of the genus Rubus in the rose family. swirl and Mehmet is going on and on and on about how we got to move and how he's got to open that container himself and suddenly Rudy gets upset, 'cause, I mean, that's his job, right? He's the associate lead stevedore--I mean, we got all these clear jobs in our last contract go around, you know?--and suddenly Rudy's all angry and saying, "You think you're gonna open this, bud? Got a news flash for you. You touch this container and Local 1339 is gonna shut this place down!" And Ahmet or Mehmet just starts yelling yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. and yelling about how he's the boss and this is a special container and we're not supposed to touch it or open it or eat our Entenmann's near it, and so Rudy just snaps, you know? He calls the shop steward and the local rep and so we shut the place down for the day. Q: And when did the FBI come and discover the nuclear device in the container? A: Like the next day, I think. Or maybe it was a few days? But the point is, in our last contract we got strict rules about who opens what and when, and those guys need to learn that Local 1339 is not going to roll, okay? Q: Were you aware that there was a nuclear device in the container? A: What? No. Hey, you're not listening. Listen, what are you guys going to do about enforcing the work-designation rules? This stuff is important. Can I smoke in here? Section 2 Q: Could you tell us about the events that led up to the discovery of the satin satin, lustrous silk in which the filling is so arranged as to bind the warp as seldom as possible and so spaced that practically nothing shows but the warp. Satin was first woven by the ancient silk weavers of China and was greatly desired by early Greeks and Romans. gas canisters? A: The what? Q: The satin gas. When the port was shut down. A: Oh, you mean my injury? Q: Yes. A: Oh, right. See, I was counting up the containers we just unloaded. I had to do it by hand on account of the software that we use requires the use of the computer, right, and I got this repetitivestress injury condition that my doctor says prevents me from using the computer keyboard. I've got a note from the doctor somewhere. Should I look for it? Q: No, no. Just go on. A: Anyway, so I put in for disability last month for the repetitive thing with my wrist but I didn't hear back, so I'm counting up the containers and marking them down and all of a sudden my wrist is killing me, you know, 'cause I guess writing is the same as typing, wristwise. So I call the shop steward and my union rep and we're all looking at my wrist, which isn't swollen but it's throbbing throb intr.v. throbbed, throb·bing, throbs 1. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound. 2. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: , tight? And then Tariq comes up and he's all p.o. 'ed about something and jumpy like always and he wants to know where container 1773 is, and I say, "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. , Tariq, I haven't finished logging them all, I've got this injury here" and I show him my wrist and he's totally not interested and keeps asking me about number 1773 and I tell him that after the nurse looks at my wrist I'll finish the log and that's when he goes nuts and rips the clipboard A reserved section of memory that is used as a temporary holding area for data that is copied or moved from one application to another using the copy and paste and cut and paste (move) menu options. Each time you transfer something into the clipboard, the previous contents are deleted. from my hand, which kills my wrist more and also pulls something in my shoulder, so that I haven't been able to really have the range of motion I need to do my job, which is why I put in for total disability. But I haven't heard back from you guys. Q: When did the FBI find the satin gas canisters? A: I don't know. We shut the whole port down that day on account of my injury, so that the whole shift could do a general safety review. That takes a couple of days. So I'm gonna say, three days later? Anyway, can you guys expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the disability thing? I'm in a lot of pain. Q: Were you there when the canisters were discovered? A: Me? No. I was at the driving range. |
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