Lumpers work in a warehouse unloading cargo from the containers, as I recall. The warehouses didn't use to work 24/7, but as far as loading & unloading containers onto the docks that was a 24/7 operation when I was in shipping 25 years ago.
It's a lumper, not a pumper, lol. Someone that unloads the freight that's inside a container at a warehouse. Used to be done primarily by Teamsters but they came up with a "50 mile rule" or something like that saying it has to be done by ILWU.
Lumpers work in a warehouse unloading cargo from the containers, as I recall. The warehouses didn't use to work 24/7, but as far as loading & unloading containers onto the docks that was a 24/7 operation when I was in shipping 25 years ago.
It's a lumper, not a pumper, lol. Someone that unloads the freight that's inside a container at a warehouse. Used to be done primarily by Teamsters but they came up with a "50 mile rule" or something like that saying it has to be done by ILWU.