Oral history interview with Frank Jenkins 1972

International Longshoremen's Association. President

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Jenkins, Frank, d. 1973-

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) official. Jenkins was born at the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco, CA. His father, an African American born in Texas, was a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army; a professional soldier who fought in the Spanish American War. Jenkins' mother was a native of the Philippines. In 1909 he moved to Seattle when his father was transferred to Fort Lawton. Initially, the family lived there in base housing. Late...

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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In the years following World War II, rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen's Association became increasingly restive as a result of dissatisfaction with union contracts. Finally, in the fall of 1951, a series of unauthorized strikes was climaxed by a twenty-one day wildcat strike in the Port of New York. The strikers included several high-ranking ILA officials and a future president, Thomas Gleason. The strike ended when a board of inquiry to investigate the strike...

Berner, Richard C.

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Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990

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Harry Renton Bridges, also known as Alfred Renton Byrant Bridges, came to the United States in 1920 from Australia where he had been a seaman and involved in union activities. Bridges continued to be active on the docks in fighting for labor rights and was instrumental in getting the International Longshore Association (ILA), an affiliate of the AF of L, recognized as the bargaining unit for the entire Pacific coast. He became president of ILA Local 34-36 and in 1936 its Pacific Coast preside...

Jenkins, Andrew

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