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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) lasted 83 days, and began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every US West Coast port walked out.
During his term of office as mayor, Smith had to contend with a violent Waterfront Labor dispute. [5]The strike began on May 9, 1934, late in the term of previous mayor John F. Dore. Longshoremen in all ports of the West Coast walked out, and in Seattle, the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Union refused to handle cargoes as the shipping companies began recruiting University of Washington students ...
[1] [2] During the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, Bulcke served as a picket captain and witnessed the murders of longshore workers Nick Bordoise and Howard Sperry by police that became the impetus for the San Francisco General Strike. [1] Bulcke also recounted that he carried another worker who had been wounded in the shootout to safety. [1 ...
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The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, a three-month-long strike that culminated in a four-day general strike in San Francisco, California, and the Bay Area. It disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO on August 30, 2013.
The strike began on May 9, 1934, late in Mayor Dore's first term. Longshoremen in all ports of the West Coast walked out, and in Seattle, the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Union refused to handle cargoes as the shipping companies began recruiting University of Washington students as strikebreakers.
Pier 26 with the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge overhead. During the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike the longshoreman's unions were organized at Pier 26. The Bloody Thursday riots of July 5, 1934 that killed two union workers occurred outside of Pier 26.