International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union collection of clippings, pamphlets, press-releases, etc., re civil rights, aliens and California legislation.

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union collection of clippings, pamphlets, press-releases, etc., re civil rights, aliens and California legislation.

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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...