1934 West Coast waterfront strike

When

9 May 1934

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

labor action

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Labor strike by longshoremen in California, Oregon, and Washington

The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U.S. West Coast port walked out. It lasted 83 days. Organized by the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), the strike peaked with the death of two workers on "Bloody Thursday" and the subsequent San Francisco General Strike, which stopped all work in the major port city for four days, and led ultimately to the settlement…

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