NHD 2016 - A Wave of Change: The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike
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Longshoremen's strike, San Franciso, 1934
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1934 Longshore Strike
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike began when longshoremen in every US West Coast port walked out. The strike peaked with the death of two workers on "Bloody Thursday" and the 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.