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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. [1] [3] When landslides in September 1915 closed the canal for an extended time, Kroonland and Finland were reassigned to the IMM's American ...
[1] [2] At the time Curran was an able seaman and boatswain aboard the Panama Pacific Line ocean liner SS California. He was a member of the International Seamen's Union (ISU) but was not active in the work of the union. Lawrenson later married writer Helen Lawrenson. He was forced out of the union in 1947, and according to his wife, Curran ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The Bridge of the Americas crosses the Pacific approach to the Panama Canal at Balboa, near Panama City. It was built between 1959 and 1962 by the United States at a cost of US$ 20 million. From its completion in 1962 until the opening of the parallel Centennial Bridge in 2004, the Bridge of the Americas was a key part of the Pan-American Highway .
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...
The strike involved over 37,000 workers and paralyzed the entire Pacific Coast shipping industry. [1] [2] The Gulf Coast strike was parallel to a similar Gulf Coast maritime strike, called almost simultaneously. Both strikes were catalysts for the formation of the National Maritime Union under union leader Joseph Curran.