Labor Legend Harry Bridges and the Pacific Coast Longshore Strike of 1934

In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Robert Cherny explains how the early life of Australian immigrant Harry Bridges prepared him to lead the groundbreaking 1934 Pacific Coast longshoremen’s and maritime workers’ strikes in the United States, later becoming the first president of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Cherny is professor emeritus at San Francisco State University and author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend. Related Collections: CIO Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Records Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records Industrial Workers of the World Records M.A. Williams Papers Workers’ Defense League Records Related Resources: Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend Episode Credits Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English Interviewee: Robert Cherny Music: Bart Bealmear