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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 
 stores 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.\n 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).\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.flyingpicket.org/node/15\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2013/2013schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/22/18738818.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk
LOCATION:Meet at the fountain in Latham Square   - Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/22/18738818.php
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