Longshoreman has kept cargo moving for 56 years

When he started on the Stockton docks in 1956, Johnie Thomas was 23. When he retires this coming August from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, he will have worked 56 years on the waterfront.

Thomas, 79, was born and reared in Stockton. He lives in Piedmont with his wife, Margaret. He has three children, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.....  ... more ...