San Francisco General Strike, 1934 |
| Unloading coffee in San Francisco,
1936 |
| Harry Bridges, Labor Day 1939 |
| Local 10 hiring hall, 1946 |
| Labor School entertains pickets,
1948 |
| Pedro de la Cruz organizing in
Lanai, 1951 |
| Dole pineapple cannery, 1958 |
| "Alaskeros", 1950's |
Break bulk operations, 1958 |
| Debating Modernization and Mechanization
Agreement, 1959 |
| First woman member of longshore
local, 1965 |
| Loading logs in Seattle, 1969 |
| Local 10 Drill Team, 1972 |
| Woman warehouse worker, 1975 |
| Planting pineapple in Hawaii,
1976 |
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The term "longshoremen" has its origin in the days when
workers who were needed to load and unload ships were recruited
at the last minute by the call: "Men along the shore!"
This Labor Arts exhibit presents a representative selection of
images contained in the publication of the west coast International
Longshore and Warehouse Union, "The ILWU Story: Six Decades of Militant
Unionism. The ILWU's story, dating back to the historic San Francisco
General Strike of 1934, is one of the most dramatic in our nation's
labor history.
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