Californians compete for a rare prize: a blue-collar union job paying up to $200,000 Part-time casual longshoremen outside the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Casual Longshore Dispatch Hall in Wilmington, where some lucky workers will nab a shift. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)If Cynthia Byington wins her version of the lottery, she will probably have to wait a decade to claim her prize. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)The 2,400 names drawn in the raffle will become “casual” longshoremen. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Today, there are part-timers who have been waiting 13 years to get into the union. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)natalie.kitroeff@latimes.com@NatalieKitro

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2017 20:18 UTC