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Harry Bridges (28 July 1901 – 30 March 1990) was an Australian -born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). In 1937, he led several chapters in forming a new union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), expanding members to workers in warehouses, and led it for the next 40 years.
Harry Bridges was one of the most influential labor leaders in US history. Frequently at odds with conservative elements in the labor movement, and often vilified by employers and government officials, Bridges made the International Longshore and Warehouse Union into a progressive pillar of US trade unionism.
Harry Bridges was an Australian-born American labour leader, president of the San Francisco-based International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) from 1937 to 1977. Bridges left home to become a maritime seaman at the age of 16 and in 1920 legally entered the United States, where he.
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Mar 31, 1990 · Harry Bridges, a leading figure in America's 20th-century labor movement who organized the West Coast longshoremen in the 1930's, died of emphysema...
May 21, 2018 · Harry Bridges (1901-1990) was a prominent and controversial trade unionist who led the ILWU, the CIO, and the waterfront workers on the Pacific Coast. He faced repeated attempts to deport him for his alleged communist ties and won many victories for his members despite employer resistance.
On May 14, 1937, a throng of curious students packed the University of Washington Commons building, eager to hear the electric words of a man they had only heretofore read about in newspapers – provocative labor leader Harry Bridges, president of the West Coast longshore workers’ union.
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Jul 27, 2004 · Learn about the life and legacy of Harry Bridges, the legendary leader of the 1934 Pacific Coast maritime strike and the founding president of the ILWU. Read his recollections of break-bulk longshoring, the origins of the union movement, and the challenges he faced as a militant and principled labor leader.
