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AU NBAC S710
Title
The Dispatcher
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Extent and medium
7 volumes + part of 1 box
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Name of creator
(1937 -)
Biographical history
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout the West and bookstore workers in Portland, Oregon. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, a 3-month-long strike that culminated in a 4-day general strike in San Francisco, California, and the Bay Area.
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Scope and content
San Francisco. Published by the International Longshoremens' and Warehousemens' Union. Holdings: 1956 - 1990 (incomplete)
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Open access