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July 6, 2014
No place in San Francisco has changed more than the Embarcadero, which is now mostly a grand promenade. It wasn't always so peaceful. Saturday is the 80th anniversary of a day of riots and deadly violence, a reminder of the bloody history of the city's waterfront.
On July 5, 1934, striking workers and police clashed in a series of riots that swept the waterfront from Rincon Hill to the Ferry Building. Two men were killed by police and more than 100 were injured.
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The 1934 strike is "a basic part of the history of San Francisco and a seminal event in labor history in general," said Catherine Powell, director of the Labor Archives Project at San Francisco State University.
Labor strife may seem a distant and irrelevant memory to people strolling on the Embarcadero these days, but the events of that summer 80 years ago established union power in the Bay Area, and turned the International Longshore and Warehouse Union into a major player on the Pacific Coast.
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The Harry Bridges Club in Tacoma made this great tribute photo for the occasion:
For more on the seminal waterfront strike, check out The Big Strike, by Mike Quin. https://archive.org/details/bigstrike00quinrich
If you're ever in San Francisco, you can check out Harry Bridges Plaza and tour the waterfront where there are historical markers that show the history of the labor struggles of the area.
When S.F. waterfront was scene of bloody riots
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-S-F-waterfront-was-scene-of-bloody-riots-5601244.phpNo place in San Francisco has changed more than the Embarcadero, which is now mostly a grand promenade. It wasn't always so peaceful. Saturday is the 80th anniversary of a day of riots and deadly violence, a reminder of the bloody history of the city's waterfront.
On July 5, 1934, striking workers and police clashed in a series of riots that swept the waterfront from Rincon Hill to the Ferry Building. Two men were killed by police and more than 100 were injured.
<snip>
The 1934 strike is "a basic part of the history of San Francisco and a seminal event in labor history in general," said Catherine Powell, director of the Labor Archives Project at San Francisco State University.
Labor strife may seem a distant and irrelevant memory to people strolling on the Embarcadero these days, but the events of that summer 80 years ago established union power in the Bay Area, and turned the International Longshore and Warehouse Union into a major player on the Pacific Coast.
<snip>
The Harry Bridges Club in Tacoma made this great tribute photo for the occasion:
For more on the seminal waterfront strike, check out The Big Strike, by Mike Quin. https://archive.org/details/bigstrike00quinrich
If you're ever in San Francisco, you can check out Harry Bridges Plaza and tour the waterfront where there are historical markers that show the history of the labor struggles of the area.
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