Uncovering Corruption Should Not Be Too Difficult Except, Like Witches At Halloween, The Majority Are Turning A Blind Eye
Docker, longshoreman, stevedore, wharfie are just some of the names for a port worker handling cargo on the wharves or docks. They are required to work in extremes of weather, depending upon the location, from scorching heat to biting cold, with irregular hours and extended shifts. Port workers are in charge of the gateway through which goods are exported and imported from country to country. Without them, there would be no international commerce, as we know it today via the waterways and seas of this planet. The perks of the job are higher pay than in other comparable occupations, generous employer retirement fund contributions and, in certain ports, paid strike allowance. The known lurks have been: collecting the wages of dead employees or ghost workers, taking graft for overseeing the passage of contraband and illegal immigrants, holding up the movement of goods, so overtime can be obtained. Undercover James O'Keefe goes undercover to reveal how churches are makin
