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The SS California strike was a strike aboard the ocean liner SS California from 1 to 4 March 1936 as the ship lay docked in San Pedro, California.The strike led to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union (now part of the Seafarers International Union of North America).
San Francisco to New York "Farewell Dinner" on board SS California Oct 10, 1936. In March 1936 an unofficial strike aboard California in port at San Pedro, Los Angeles, [5] held without the sanction of the International Seamen's Union, led to the foundation of the National Maritime Union. The dispute was about wage rates and overtime payments. [10]
The SS California strike ended when Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins agreed to arrange a grievance hearing and guarantee the strikers they would face no reprisals. Born: Jim Clark, racing driver, in Kilmany, Scotland (d. 1968); Aribert Reimann, pianist and accompanist, in Berlin, Germany (d. 2024)
Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918 SS California: 1906 Torpedoed by SM U-85 on February 7, 1917 SS California: 1923 Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy: RMS Cambria: 1844 Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold SS Cameronia: 1911 Torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-33 on April 15, 1917
SS California may refer to the following ships: SS California (1848), a United States paddle wheel mail steamer built in 1848 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company which was wrecked near Pacasmayo, Peru in 1895; SS California (1864), a 168-foot schooner-rigged passenger freighter built in Mystic, Connecticut as the Little California. She came ...
SS California (1936) SS California strike; U. United Air Lines Flight 34 This page was last edited on 8 August 2023, at 00:36 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
In 1936 California, docked at San Pedro, California, was the setting for the SS California strike, which contributed to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
In March 1936, Joseph Curran led a spontaneous four-day work stoppage on the docked SS California in San Pedro, California, attracting personal attention and a degree of support from U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.