Elizabeth Jacques papers, ca. 1882-1965.

Jacques, Willie.

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Jacques, Elizabeth

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Part of an Afro-American family whose parents originally came from Alabama, later settling in San Francisco. Active in a Black Church there. Her husband, Willie, originally from Oklahoma and later active in the ILWU. From the description of Elizabeth Jacques papers, ca. 1882-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500126 ...

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...