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DESCRIPTION:Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk\nWith Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket 
 Historical Society. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “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 scab herding. 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 six 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.\nSponsored by Laney College Labor Studies (510-464-3210) and 
 the Flying Picket Historical Society (SFBay@FlyingPicket.org).  \nMeet 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).\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://laney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30153\nhttp://flyingpicket.org/?q=node/36\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2010/2010schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/25/18651840.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk
LOCATION:Meet at the fountain in Latham Square  - Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland, 
 12th St BART station\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/25/18651840.php
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