Hollywood Black Friday

When

5 Oct 1945

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

34.18° N, 118.33° W

Description

1945 labor strike and riot in Burbank, California

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1945 labor strike and riot in Burbank, California

Hollywood Black Friday, or Hollywood Bloody Friday, is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. On that date, a six-month strike by the set decorators represented by the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, led by Herbert Sorrell.

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