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A Panama Pacific Line contract envelope, 1915. Although IMM had begun preparations for the intercoastal service as far back as 1911, [2] service began in May 1915 with the former Red Star Line (another IMM subsidiary line) ships Kroonland and Finland.
The Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama (Spanish: Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá, CTRP) is a national trade union center located in Panama. It has a claimed membership of 35,000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
On California ' s return trip, Panama Pacific Line raised wages by $5 a month to $60 per month. [4] However, United States Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper and the Panama Pacific Line declared Curran and the strikers mutineers. Curran and other top strike leaders were fined two days' pay, fired and blacklisted, but Perkins was able to keep ...
SUNTRACS (National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries; Spanish: El Sindicato Único Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Construcción y Similares) is one of the leading trade union forces in Panama, with 40,000 members and a militant style of class war unionism.
The General Confederation of Workers of Panama (CGTP) is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
SS California entering Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1934.. California was the first of three sister ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia for the Panama Pacific Lines, a subsidiary of American Line Steamship Corporation which was a part of J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.
Curran and the crew of the Panama Pacific Line's SS California went on strike at the sailing time and refused to cast off the lines unless wages were increased and overtime paid. [1] [2] The strike was essentially a sitdown strike. Curran and the crew refused to leave the ship, for the owners would have simply replaced them with strikebreakers ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:16, 11 February 2018: 1,148 × 1,776 (735 KB): Centpacrr {{Information |Description=October 10, 1936 Farewell Dinner program on board the Panama Pacific Line S.S. ''California'' on the last night of its passage from San Francisco to New York |Source=The Cooper Collections (uploader's private collection) |Dat...