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Ninety years ago, San Francisco's class relations were transformed by the General Strike. This commemorative event will take place on July 5th, the actual anniversary of “Bloody Thursday” (this year it's on Friday), when police shot more than five dozen and killed two strikers, catalyzing a spontaneous work stoppage that paralyzed most of the Bay Area for almost two weeks (the "official" General Strike only lasted 4 days). Learn how the ’34 strike echoes through history and how the arc of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union represents a quintessential example of 20th century labor history.
Automation, multi-tiered workforces, government co-optation, and solidarity among waterfront workers continue to shape our world today, whether port workers, UPS and Amazon delivery people, or the rest of us in between and at either end of this complex system. Shaping San Francisco's Chris Carlsson; Joel Shor, former sailor and current ILWU Local 10 member; Sam Levens, International Transport Federation Inspector No. Cal.; and labor educator Gifford Hartman. Co-hosted by Left by the Bay.
Friday, July 5, 7:30 pm 90th Anniversary of Big Strike
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