People are angry over the difficult working conditions, including lengthy shifts for crane operators in tiny, cramped spaces, according to labor unions.

WSJ: Hong Kong Dock Workers' Strike Hits at Reputation of City's Richest Man

Joy Sinberg insisted that crane operators take her up before she would approve the attraction for guests at a casino complex in Coconut Creek, Fla.

WSJ: High Table: Diners Dangle From Crane

Joy Sinberg insisted that crane operators take her up before she would approve the attraction for guests at a casino complex in Delray Beach, Fla.

WSJ: High Table: Diners Dangle From Crane

For men, the deadliest occupations involve transportation and material-moving (pilots, bus drivers, crane operators and sailors), while administrative-support duties (couriers and stockers) claimed the most working women.

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At one point, the BLS listed some 200 jobs as blue collar that ran the gamut from auto mechanics to crane operators, from garbage collection to pest control.

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People are angry over the difficult working conditions of the workers, including lengthy shifts for crane operators who are forced to eat and even relieve themselves in tiny, cramped spaces, according to labor unions.

WSJ: Hong Kong Dock Workers' Strike Hits at Reputation of City's Richest Man

Spider-Man himself, wounded in the leg, hitches a ride on a succession of huge cranes, in a scene that even the most muscular of Soviet realists would have considered risible: Heroic crane operators of the world, unite!

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