Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)

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Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)

The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U.S. West Coast port walked out. It lasted 83 days. Organized by the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), the strike peaked with the death of two workers on "Bloody Thursday" and the subsequent San Francisco General Strike, which stopped all work in the major port city for four days, and led ultimately to the settlement of the West Coast Longshoremen's Strike.

Source: Wikipedia 1934_West_Coast_waterfront_strike

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