The docks were where you could go if you didn't really have anywhere else to go in the labor market. It was the bottom layer of the labor markets why it was believed to be unorganizable. The success of strike action on the west coast in 34 on the docks signal that something was possible more broadly across the economy thand across the labor market, says Julian Zelizer.
Guest host Gabriel Winant interviews labor journalists Alex Press and Jonah Furman, as well as IATSE member Victor P. Bouzi.
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