"Badging in," required of longshoremen who report for work, is a system which assures that, if a longshoreman reports timely, he is eligible to be selected for a day's work at a "shape-up"; if not so selected and passed over for the day, he is thereby registered as entitled to receive compensating payment from a contractually established fund, a form of unemployment insurance. By the device of having a friend badge in for him and actually appearing himself too late for shape...
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