Harry Bridges

Author : Robert W. Cherny
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252053796
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Bridges written by Robert W. Cherny and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iconic leader of one of America’s most powerful unions, Harry Bridges put an indelible stamp on the twentieth century labor movement. Robert Cherny’s monumental biography tells the life story of the figure who built the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a labor powerhouse that still represents almost 30,000 workers. An Australian immigrant, Bridges worked the Pacific Coast docks. His militant unionism placed him at the center of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike and spurred him to expand his organizing activities to warehouse laborers and Hawaiian sugar and pineapple workers. Cherny examines the overall effectiveness of Bridges as a union leader and the decisions and traits that made him effective. Cherny also details the price paid by Bridges as the US government repeatedly prosecuted him for his left-wing politics. Drawing on personal interviews with Bridges and years of exhaustive research, Harry Bridges places an extraordinary individual and the ILWU within the epic history of twentieth-century labor radicalism.

Author : Charles P. Larrowe
Publisher : Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Bridges; the Rise and Fall of Radical Labor in the United States written by Charles P. Larrowe and published by Lawrence Hill Books. This book was released on 1972 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical study of trade unionist harry bridges and his leadership of the West coast international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union (docker) in the USA from 1934 to 1972 - discusses his role in labour relations matters, examines his prosecution and attempted deportation as an alleged communist, strike and unofficial strike activities, labour court trials, the organization of dockers and rural workers in Hawaii, etc., and describes the mechanization and modernization collective agreement. Biography bridges h.

Author : Raymond Hall
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981347872
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live written by Raymond Hall and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Bridges is a retired detective; the police force obliged him to finish his career at the young age of 55, leaving him at a loose end. A career as a store detective follows and for five long and boring years he struggles to find any worth in life. Finally, at 60 years of age he finds himself unemployed, unmarried and at the point of ending it all. He is preparing for suicide when fate intervenes and throws an old colleague into his path who asks for help with a particularly gruesome murder. Harry finds new meaning to life and his old detective skills come to the fore. However, all is not as it seems and he finds himself embroiled in the dark world of the supernatural. Old wounds emanating from the seventeenth century are coming to the surface. The spectre of Matthew Hopkins, the witch-finder general of Cromwell's era, is back in the present, pursued by his victims in a never ending game of cat and mouse. Even Harry's skill as a detective may not be a match for the dark powers that now surround him.

Author : United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Matter of Harry Renton Bridges written by United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harvey Schwartz
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295997923
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solidarity Stories written by Harvey Schwartz and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, born out of the 1934 West Coast maritime and San Francisco general strikes under the charismatic leadership of Harry Bridges, has been known from the start for its strong commitment to democracy, solidarity, and social justice. In this collection of firsthand narratives, union leaders and rank-and-file workers - from the docks of Pacific Coast ports to the fields of Hawaii to bookstores in Portland, Oregon - talk about their lives at work, on the picket line, and in the union. Workers recall the back-breaking, humiliating conditions on the waterfront before they organized, the tense days of the 1934 strike, the challenges posed by mechanization, the struggle against racism and sexism on the job, and their activism in other social and political causes. Their stories testify to the union's impact on the lives of its members and also to its role in larger events, ranging from civil rights battles at home to the fights against fascism and apartheid abroad. Solidarity Stories is a unique contribution to the literature on unions. There is a power and immediacy in the voices of workers that is brilliantly expressed here. Taken together, these voices provide a portrait of a militant, corruption-free, democratic union that can be a model and an inspiration for what a resurgent American labor movement might look like. The book will appeal to students and scholars of labor history, social and economic history, and social change, as well as trade unionists and anyone interested in labor politics and history.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Salute to Harry Bridges written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stan Weir
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 081664294X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singlejack Solidarity written by Stan Weir and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written throughout Stan Weir's decades as a blue-collar worker and labour educator, 'Singlejack Solidarity' offers a rare look at modern life and social relations as seen from the factory, dockside and the shop floor.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigation of Un-American Activities in the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2834 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 2834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Estolv Ethan Ward
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355986010
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Bridges on Trial written by Estolv Ethan Ward and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.