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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.

Brotherhood of the Sea: A History of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985

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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
    Publication Date: 30/01/1986
    ISBN13: 9780887381218, 978-0887381218
    ISBN10: 0887381219

    Number of Pages: 214

    Non Fiction , History

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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.

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