At six o'clock at the dock, there were still plenty of people working here. Some ships arrived at Golden Port Pier at midnight, but they could not stay here for too long, they would unload the cargo on the ship overnight.
In addition, some docks had to sort and summarize the cargo hurriedly unloaded during the day, some of it might need to be restacked, some might be moved into warehouses, and some would be sent directly onto trains and leave.
In any case, there was a lot of work to do at midnight, and the wages paid on the docks were relatively higher, about thirty-nine dollars.
The workers who still stayed at the dock at midnight were mostly immigrants and undocumented immigrants; there were also a few local workers, but not many.
They would rather take less pay than work at midnight; work at midnight made people more tired and uncomfortable than daytime work.