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DESCRIPTION:Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk - “We Called It a Work Holiday”\nWith 
 Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. \n This year is 
 the 70th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. 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 scabs escorted by police. \n 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. 
 This walk and history talk will attempt to keep alive the memory of this 
 tradition of community-wide working class solidarity.\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).\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKs-lhBgiM\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/22/18787887.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Walk: 1946 Oakland General Strike
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).
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/22/18787887.php
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