The San Francisco Longshore and Warehouse Union

The docks that the writers and artists encountered were heavily shafed by the union that controls them. The international longshore and warehouse union, or the il w u, as everyone calls it, was remarkably progressive on the topics of race and ethnicity. After a three months general strike in which two longshore men were killed, the union has remained strong ever since. Some people around the water front, once the microphone is off, will confess to hating the ile w u. Even other working class people take shots at theil w u.