The Legal Legacy of San Francisco’s 1934 General Strike

Labor Organizing
Written By Kathleen Paolo

By Marco Sulpizi

October 2004

July 2004 marked the 70th anniversary of the epoch-making 1934 San Francisco General Strike, begun by longshoremen and maritime worked, that changed the position, legally and organizationally, of Labor forever. Now, with the membership of labor unions under the Wagner Act decreasing and their power at the bargaining table facing threats from downsizing and outsourcing, participants in the strike, historians and current-day labor leaders analyze the significance of the strike and what we can learn from it today.

Kathleen Paolo
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