The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U.S. West Coast port walked out. It lasted 83 days. Organized by the International Longshoremen's Association, th
Confrontation between a policeman wielding a night stick and a striker during the San Francisco General Strike, 1934
Harry Bridges, one of the leaders of the strike, July 9, 1934
An engraved billy club commemorates police activity in the Battle of Smith Cove in Seattle
Clipping from the Madera Tribune, published July 21, 1934, featuring Edward D. Vandeleur (left) and George G. Kidwell, who brought the strike to an end
The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, the major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. The strik
1934 West Coast waterfront strike
…the United States. The San Francisco General Strike of 1934, along with the Toledo Auto-Lite Strike of 1934 led by the American Workers Party and the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 led by the Communist League of America, were catalysts for the rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s, much of which was organized through the Congress…
Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis
Trotskyist leaders Max Shachtman (left) and James P. Cannon following their arrest, July 27, 1934