1936 Pacific Coast maritime workers' strike

The strike also led to the emergence of Harry Bridges as a leader within the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) on the West Coast.

Unsettled tensions remained, however, as longshore workers sought to extend the gains they had won from the strike and waterfront employers desired to break the union.

[1][3] In both unions, finding work stoppages to be highly effective, workers engaged in "quickie strikes" to address grievances on the job.

[1] After months of negotiations between the unions and shipping companies with federal intervention by the Roosevelt administration, an agreement was unable to be reached, and a strike was called on October 29.

[2][4] Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady intervened to prevent disruptions to the US food supply chain.

Harry Bridges emerged as a leader in the International Longshoremen's Association during the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike . He went on to establish the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in 1937.