US longshore workers commemorate 75th anniversary of the San Francisco strike

Commemorations of the 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike, a 3-month-long stoppage that culminated in a 4-day general strike in San Francisco and the Bay Area, culminate this weekend where 75 years ago on Bloody Thursday, July 5, police, backed up by the National Guard, opened fire on a group of 2,000 dockworkers, seafarers and other maritime workers, killing two and wounding scores of others.

The strike was led by one time Australian seafarer and US wharfie the legendary Harry Bridges founder and leader of the ILWU

Watch this newsreel taken during the strike

Events in San Francisco this weekend will be Streamed On The Web

July 3 (Friday) 9.00 - 4:00 PM  (Free) - Marine Firemen's Hall 

The 1934 San Francisco General Strike: An Educational Conference.

The San Francico General Strike and West Coast Maritime Strike was a pivotal point for the working people in San Francisco and the West. This strike which was organized from the bottom up showed that the rank and file have the power to successfully form a union despite the resistance of the bosses, the media, the politicians and the government. The lessons of workers today for this strike are vital when millions of workers are unorganized and facing concession after concession with the economic collapse of our enconomy.

 
Videos Harry Bridges, A Man And His Union will be shown. This conference will also be streamed on the web for those who are unable to attend the conference.

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July5 (Sunday) 9:00 AM (Free) - Meet at Music Concourse - Steuart &   Market St. SF 9:00 AM -5:00 PM PST

Bloody Thursday 75th Anniversary Procession

On the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," thousands of maritime workers and trade unionists from San Francisco and from around the world will join in remembrance of the workers who were killed and injured in their struggle to establish a union and a union controlled hiring hall.
Please join.
Hosted by BALMA, ILWU Local 10, 34, 91, 75 & ILWU Pensioners. (Somber procession, uniformed, respectful and orderly.)

Live streaming

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July 6 (Monday) 9:00 - 5:00 PM PST (Free) ILWU 34 Hall - 801 Second St. Next to AT&T Park, SF The Lessons of The Past For The Struggles Today

International Labor Conference

Working people are under attack through out the world as well as in the US. The labor conference will look at the use of policies such as deregulation, privatization and free trade agreements to attack working people on a global level. The conference will also look at the increasing repression of labor and working people through legislation and militarization of society. Hosted by ILWU Local 10 & Local 34, Transport

Workers Solidarity Committee, LaborFest

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