The longshore union paid tribute to those who have died on the job at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The ILWU honored those who were killed on the job on May 15th, 2024. This commemorated the 90 year anniversary of the birth of the ILWU, on May 15th, 1934. Wednesdays event took place in downtown San Pedro on the waterfront. The statue of Harry Bridges adored in a lei. Bridges was an Australian-born American labour leader, president of the San Francisco based International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Union from 1937 to 1977.
Pointing across the street, Mitre said that in those early days, men would stay in hotels hoping to get a job on the docks, even though the pay was low and the work was hard. The job today is safer, but still dangerous in an environment where things can go wrong amid large machinery and cargo containers being hoisted overhead.
The ILWU honored those who were killed on the job on May 15th, 2024. This commemorated the 90 year anniversary of the birth of the ILWU, on May 15th, 1934. Wednesdays event took place in downtown San Pedro on the waterfront. Master of Ceremony Greg Mitre speaks to the gathered crowd. The ILWU honored those who were killed on the job on May 15th, 2024. This commemorated the 90 year anniversary of the birth of the ILWU, on May 15th, 1934. Wednesdays event took place in downtown San Pedro on the waterfront.
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