Episode 7: The Lost Docks
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The Unification of the Union
Most registered west coast longshoremen now make between a hundred 38 and a hundred and 66 thousand dollars a year, according to statistics compiled by the pacific maritime association. Harry bridges cut a deal with the shipping lines and terminals that the il wu would allow mechanization to take place. In effect, it shrunk the number of union members, but guaranteed that the ones who stayed would make a lot of money in a skilled proe an handling heavy machinery.
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