The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor is trying to get the dock workers’ union to enlist more blacks and Hispanics to work at ports in New Jersey and New York, but they’re finding that it’s heavy lifting. Today the Times reports that the International Longshoremen’s Association, which has controlled the ports for decades, has defied orders to diversify. Ordered by the Commission to submit a diverse list of candidates for temporary jobs unloading baggage from cruise ships, the union came up with 37 candidates. 33 were were white men, none were Hispanic—and the only black candidate on the list “did not really want a job,” according to the Commission. [ more › ]

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Longshoremen’s Union Defies Order To Diversify