Waterfront labor leader Harry Bridges, whom we’ve written about several times, led the movement to unionize West Coast dockworkers when he formed the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) in 1933. After meeting stiff resistance in contract negotiations with the Waterfront Employers Association (WEA), which represented shipping company owners, the union voted to strike in May 1934.Continue reading “Tumultuous dockworker strikes helped to form, strengthen the ILWU”
Sam Gnerre looks at the way we were in the South Bay
