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DESCRIPTION:Every July day has Laborfest events, some of which are missing from the red 
 letter listings. This "al fresco" textbook for all of us will teach the 
 importance of a general strike which we need to put an end to the profit 
 motive that is the cause of the budget "crisis" and war. On Saturday, July 
 25 at 10:30 a.m., Peter O’Driscoll and Lawrence Shoup lead a free walking 
 tour of the San Francisco labor struggles in the maritime industry from 
 1835 until the burning of the blue book in 1934. \n\nJuly 25 (Saturday) 
 10:30 AM (Free) Meet at 75 Folsom St. at the Entrance of old Hills Brothers 
 Coffee Building, San Francisco. (Bus 12, any bus & train on or under Market 
 and Mission to Embarcadero, walk or take N or T train on Embarcadero to 
 Folsom, 3 blocks south of Market). \n\nSan Francisco Labor History Water 
 Front Walk \nWith Peter O’Driscoll and Lawrence Shoup \nThere are many 
 stories to be told about labor struggles in San Francisco. This story is 
 about the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning of the blue book in 
 1934. The main points in history will include President Andrew Jackson's 
 effort to acquire this peninsula from Mexico; gold discovery and the urgent 
 need to build the San Francisco Wharves; the Gold Rush that gave the 
 laboring person a value; San Francisco’s port to the sailor as a corrupt 
 and wicked place; a sailor's life, boardinghouses for coast-wise and 
 high-sea sailors; the secret society of crimps in 1865; young men’s fear 
 of shanghaied; why the crimps; labor support of the eight hour workday; the 
 sailor who became a politician and rabble rouser for the Workingman’s 
 Party of 1877, this party’s influence at the state constitutional 
 convention of 1878; the friction between Capital and Labor as social 
 question; why business owners demanded Congress increase the size of the 
 army; the Sailors Union of 1885 and their violent strike in 1886; why the 
 ship owners association issued the grade book; the 1790 law providing for 
 the arrest of seamen deserters; the 1892 Andrew Furuseth-led organizing of 
 the Sailor’s Union of the Pacific; The Seaman’s Act of 1915 now known 
 as the “Magna Carta” of the American Seamen; ship owner Robert 
 Dollar’ resentment for union sailors in 1917; Dollar’s straw bosses 
 breaking of the 1919 dock strike and issuance the Blue Book. Also labor 
 historian Larry Shoup will talk about the history of the 1901 
 transportation workers strike which included the Teamsters and was smashed 
 by the San Francisco police. This strike in part led to the formation of 
 the San Francisco Union Labor Party which in 1905 swept the election and 
 took control of the city. \nSee also: 
 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Furuseth 
 \nhttp://www.berkeleygreens.org/community/larry-shoup.html 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608760.php
SUMMARY:SF Labor History Water Front Walk
LOCATION: Meet at 75 Folsom St. at the Entrance of old Hills Brothers Coffee 
 Building, San Francisco. (Bus 12, any bus & train on or under Market and 
 Mission to Embarcadero, walk or take N or T train on Embarcadero to Folsom, 
 3 blocks south of Market). 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608760.php
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