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Film and Discussion with Ted Frazier
Harry Bridges (July 28, 1901–March 30, 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), adding warehouse workers to its membership, and led it for the next 40 years.
Harry Bridges — A Man and his Union chronicles the life of one of America’s most important and controversial left-wing labor leaders. He headed the International Longshoremen and Warehouseman Union from the 1930s to the 1970s and was a champion of workers’ causes on an international scale.
Harry Bridges was as controversial as he was charismatic. He was prosecuted by FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower alike, and convicted by a federal jury for having lied about Communist Party membership — a conviction which was set aside. On the West Coast, Bridges still excites passions both for and against the labor movement. In our current incarnation, the Movement looks to the unions to amplify the struggle.
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