Academic research
1934 Longshore Strike
University of Washington Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium
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Social movements · 5 July 1934Open File evidence →
Bloody Thursday and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike
Former maritime union headquarters at Mission and Steuart Streets · United States
Why editors use it hereResearch project placing the San Francisco events within the 83-day coastwide strike and the growth of industrial unionism.
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During the 1934 West Coast maritime strike, employers and city officials tried to reopen San Francisco's port with strikebreakers and police escorts.
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Trigger and conditions
On 5 July, trucks with police escorts attempted to move cargo through the picket line at Pier 38.
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Uncertainty
Contemporary and later sources give different crowd and general-strike participation estimates.
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Why it matters
The corner makes visible how workplace rules can become street conflict.
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