Posts Tagged ‘dockworkers’

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRY BRIDGES! SEND APRON!

July 29, 2008

Born July 28, 1901, Harry Bridges helped create the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the group which yesterday announced a tentative labor agreement covering all West Coast ports–including Long Beach–and 25,000 workers. But the best part of the day: seeing LB officials, from City Council (Dee Andrews and Maor Bob) to state Senate [...]

 

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