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DESCRIPTION:With Karin Hart of the Labor Studies Program at Laney College and Gifford 
 Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. This walk will revisit the 
 sites of Oakland¹s "Work Holiday" that began spontaneously with 
 rank-and-file solidarity with the striking ­ mostly women ­ retail clerks 
 at Kahn's and Hastings department store whose picket line was being broken 
 by police scabherding. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers 
 and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 54 hours. In 1946 
 there were 6 general strikes across the U.S.; that year set the all-time 
 record year for strikes and work stoppages. The Oakland "Work Holiday" was 
 the last general strike to ever occur in the U.S. and the walk and history 
 talk will attempt to keep alive the memory of this tradition of 
 community-wide working class solidarity.There will be a reception after the 
 walk at the Niebyl-Proctor Library at 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at Alcatraz), in 
 Oakland.Sponsored by Laney College Labor Studies (510-464-3210) and the 
 Flying Picket Historical Society (415-751-1572).   \nSee also:\nLaney 
 College Labor Studies 
 Program\nhttp://www.laney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=30153\nFlying Picket 
 Historical Society\nhttp://www.flyingpicket.org/\nNiebyl-Proctor Library 
 \nhttp://www.marxistlibr.org/\nand\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/29/18512019.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: 1946 Oakland General Strike Walk
LOCATION:Meet at the fountain in Latham Square, in the intersection  where Telegraph 
 and Broadway converge across from the Rotunda Building (Oakland City 
 Center/12th St. BART).\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/29/18512019.php
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