- 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikipedia
The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast longshoremen's strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U S West Coast port walked out It lasted 83 days
- West Coast Waterfront Strike of 1934 - HistoryLink. org
Along with every other major West Coast port, Seattle's harbor was paralyzed from May 9 to July 31, 1934, by one of the most important and bitter labor strikes of the twentieth century
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At 8 a m on May 9, 1934, more than 12,000 union members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job from Bellingham to San Diego, crippling West Coast shipping
- 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
The strike began on May 9, 1934 as longshoremen in every West Coast port walked out; sailors joined them several days later The employers recruited strikebreakers, housing them on moored ships or in walled compounds and bringing them to and from work under police protection
- West coast waterfront strike of 1934 - The Oregon Encyclopedia
"The most devastating work stoppage in Oregon's history" lasted 82 days, paralyzed commerce, and laid off 50,000 Oregonians It also established one of the nation's strongest unions on the West Coast
- 1934 Longshore strike introduction - UW Departments Web Server
The 83 day strike that closed West Coast ports in May, June, and July of 1934 did more than secure a victory for the striking longshoremen It launched the modern labor movement in the western United States
- 1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikiwand
The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast longshoremen's strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U S West Coast port walked out It lasted 83 days
- 1934 Waterfront Strike - UW Departments Web Server
One of the most paralyzing strikes was the waterfront worker’s strike, which froze all major ports up and down the Pacific Coast It began with a coast-wide longshore strike organized and led by the International Longshoremen Association (ILA)
- West Coast Waterfront Strike | IISH
In May and June 1934, more than 10 000 longshoremen struck all the US Pacific Coast ports Vowing to open the port of San Francisco, the Employers Association secured extensive police protection for trucks loaded by and driven by strike-breakers
- 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike - Ancestry
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, also called the Longshoremen's Strike, began May 9, when dockworkers went on strike, demanding fairer wages, union-administered hiring, an end to unfair labor practices, and closed union shops
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