Brotherhood of the sea : a history of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985

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Brotherhood of the sea : a history of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985

by Stephen Schwartz ; foreword by Paul Dempster, preface by John F. Henning, introduction by Karl Kortum

Sailors' Union of the Pacific, AFL-CIO , Distributed to the trade by Transaction Books, Rutgers--The State University, c1986

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In 1934, the Pacific Coast was shaken by a massive strike of waterfront workers- on the docks and the ships. In this mighty struggle, the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, quiescent since it's defeat in the period after the first World War was reborn. Fighting on San Francisco's Embarcadero led to the stationing of National Guard troops on the 'front'. This book looks at the Union from 1885 to 1985.

Table of Contents

Dedication ,Foreword by Paul Dempster, Preface by John F. Henning, Introduction by Karl Kortum, Acknowledgements, Chapter I: The Lookout of the Labor Movement (1885), Chapter II: New Horizons (1885 - 1900), Chapter HI: Storm Birds (1900 - 1915), Chapter IV: Twilight of Freedom (1916 - 1933), Chapter V: Twilight of Freedom, Part II, Chapter VI: Year of Rebirth (1934), Chapter VII: Year of Rebirth, Part II, Chapter VIII: Rebel Workers (1935 - 1950), Chapter IX: The Fight Goes On (1950 - 1985), Index and Errata, Author's Biography and Colophon, Illustrations will be found between pages 32 and 33, and pages 112 and 113.

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