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Labor History Bike Tour

Meet at 518 Valencia Street 518 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Sliding scale $15 - $50 | by Chris Carlsson | Benefiting shaping San Francisco. This is an entirely different look, during a four-hour bike tour, at San Francisco labor history.

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Walk – The Building and Labor Struggles at Fort Point

Fort Point Long Ave & Marine Dr, San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Matthew Britten | Participants of the walk will learn about the construction of Fort Point and Alcatraz through the eyes of the workers who did the work.

Free

SF General Strike Walk

Harry Bridges Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Gifford Hartman | How was the strike organized and why are the issues from that strike still relevant to working people today? We will view some of the key historical sites in this important US labor struggle.

Free

WPA Bus Tour

Bill Graham Auditorium 99 Grove, San Francisco, CA, United States

$25 | with Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith | Join Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith as they travel through history on a bus tour of sites built by the New Deal’s “alphabet soup” agencies. You will learn about the major contribution government-paid workers made during the depression- era New Deal programs.

$25

Irish Labor History Walk

Marine Firemen’s Hall 240 2nd St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with IBEW electrician Peter O’Driscoll | This tour will focus on the history of San Francisco’s famed waterfront and the role of its Irish and Irish-American workers, leaders, and martyrs. It will also include the cases of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings who faced a labor frame-up in the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco in July 1916, and the successful struggle for their release.

Free

SF Waterfront Labor History Walk 1835-1934

75 Folsom St. 75 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Lawrence Shoup and Peter O’Driscoll | There are many stories about labor struggles in San Francisco. The walk will focus on the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning of the blue book in 1934. Also, labor historian Larry Shoup will discuss the history of the 1901 transportation workers strike led by the Teamsters, which the San Francisco police attempted, but failed, to smash.

Longshore Work, Automation, Technology and the Future of Our Work and Lives

ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room 400 North Point St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | The drive to automate the docks and the maritime industry is moving forward rapidly and, in some European ports, the transfer of cargo has been automated forcing thousands of longshore workers out of the industry.

Free

Coit Tower Mural Walk

Coit Tower 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd., San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith | In the past few years there has been a growing community effort to defend the Coit Tower murals from leaking water and to stop plans for privatization of the site. This led to the critical renovation of the murals on their 80th anniversary. They were being painted during the time of the 1934 general strike in San Francisco.

Free

San Bruno Mountain Wilderness Walk

San Bruno Mountain Watch Office 44 Visitation Ave., Rm 206, Brisbane, CA, United States

Free | with David Schooley | Labor unionists and environmentalists both confront the same commercial interests. In 1968, David Schooley chained himself to a bulldozer at the foot of the San Bruno Mountain. The activism of David and many other community members were crucial in protecting much of the mountain, allowing for the creation of a public park where working people can find tremendous beauty and peace nearby the cities where they live and work.

Free

Building Bridges and Labor Maritime History Boat Tour

Pier 41 next to Pier 39 near RocktBoat PIER 41, San Francisco, CA, United States

Adult / $45, children 6 to 12 / $25, under 6 / free | Join the best labor maritime trip in the world. Learn about the great labor history of the Bay Area, from the 1934 Maritime Strike, which help shape the charactor of San Francisco to the effort to save the EPA to ensure the Bay stay clean.

$45

WPA Berkeley Walk

Main Berkeley Post Office 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Free | with Harvey Smith | This walk will explore the “New Deal nexus” in Berkeley that includes Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, Post Office art, the old UC Press Building (now being repurposed as the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the old Farm Credit Building.

Free

Tom Mooney and Preparedness Day Bombing Walk

One Market St. One Market St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Gifford Hartman and David Duckworth | During this walking tour, we visit several sites, which were integral to the unfolding of events following a bomb explosion on Steuart Street at Market Street on July 22, 1916. With fervor building to engage the United States in the war in Europe, businessmen in San Francisco embraced the cause, while labor leaders and the left denounced it. With the bomb killing ten people and wounding forty, no clear culprit was identified. But, two figures from the left, labor organizers and anarchists Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings, were framed for the murder of the victims and spent many years in prison before being released. On this tour, we learn not only about the war between business and labor and open and closed union shops, but also the divisive issues of American aggression in the Pacific region and against Mexico, crusading and yellow journalism in the city of San Francisco, and the mood of the country regarding World War I.

Free

Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk

Latham Square 1611 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

Free | with Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society | 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.

Free

Walk: Labor Politics and Architecture of San Francisco

ILWU Sculpture Mission St & Steuart St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Free | with Brad Wiedmaier, SEIU 2015 member & architectural historian | San Francisco has a rich political and labor history that is also connected to its buildings. In this history-by-the-buildings walk, Brad Wiedmaier will outline artifacts and events, and their connections to San Francisco’s past and present. For more information call (415) 694-3605.

Free

Labor History Bike Tour

518 Valencia 518 Valencia, San Francisco, CA, United States

Sliding scale $15 – $50 : benefiting shaping San Francisco By Chris Carlsson From the pre-urban history of Indian Slavery to the earliest 8-hour day movement in the U.S., the ebb and flow of class war is traced. SF’s radical working class organizations are shaped in part by racist complicity in genocide and slavery. From […]

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Walk – San Francisco General Strike

Harry Bridges Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join the walk with Gifford Hartman. Eighty-four years ago at this location, a great battle took place by workers and residents of San Francisco against the police and National Guard. We will look at the causes of the 1934 General Strike and why it was successful. How was the strike organized and why are the […]

: Free

WPA Bus Tour

Bill Graham Auditorium 99 Grove, San Francisco, CA, United States

Tour with Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith Join Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith as they travel through history on a bus tour of sites built by the New Deal’s “alphabet soup” agencies. You will learn about the major contribution government-paid workers made during the depression-era New Deal programs. Gray and Harvey will discuss the art, […]

$25

SF Waterfront Labor History Walk 1835-1934

75 Folsom St. 75 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With Peter O’Driscoll (IBEW), Lawrence Shoup (UAW-NWU) There are many stories about labor struggles in San Francisco. The walk will focus on the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning of the blue book in 1934. Also, labor historian Larry Shoup will discuss the history of the 1901 transportation workers strike led by the Teamsters, […]

: Free

Coit Tower Mural Walk

Coit Tower 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd., San Francisco, CA, United States

With Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith In the past few years, there has been a growing community effort to defend the Coit Tower murals from leaking water and to stop plans for privatization of the site. This led to the critical renovation of the murals on their 80th anniversary. They were being painted during the […]

: Free

Labor Maritime History Boat Tour

Pier 41 next to Pier 39 near RocktBoat PIER 41, San Francisco, CA, United States

5:45 PM Boarding, 6:00 PM Departure Boat leaves promptly at 6:00 PM Please arrive 30 minutes before the boarding time. Tour lasts 3 hours A complimentary meal will be provided, however, if you are on a special diet, please bring your own food. (Sorry, we do not take any special orders for food.) Join the […]

$45

WPA Berkeley Walk

Main Berkeley Post Office 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

With Harvey Smith This walk will explore the “New Deal nexus” in Berkeley that includes Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, Post Office art, the old UC Press Building (now being repurposed as the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the old Farm Credit Building. The tour will also include […]

: Free

Tom Mooney and Preparedness Day Bombing Walk

One Market St. One Market St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With Gifford Hartman, David Duckworth During this walking tour, we visit several sites, which were integral to the unfolding of events following a bomb explosion on Steuart Street at Market Street on July 22, 1916. With fervor building to engage the United States in the war in Europe, businessmen in San Francisco embraced the cause, […]

: Free

Angel Island and Trial of Harry Bridges

Angel Island Immigration Post

With Harvey Schwartz Harry Bridges, the Australian-born founding president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, was hounded by government investigations, hearings, and trials from 1934 to 1955. As the leader of the famous 1934 Pacific Coast Maritime and San Francisco General Strikes, Bridges was the target of powerful conservative forces in and out of […]

: Free

Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk

Latham Square 1611 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

Meet at the fountain in Latham Square, at the intersection where Telegraph and Broadway converge, across from the Rotunda Building (Oakland City Center/12th St. BART). With Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. This year is the 72nd anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” […]

: Free

San Bruno Mountain Wilderness Walk

San Bruno Mountain Watch Office 44 Visitation Ave., Rm 206, Brisbane, CA, United States

Walk with David Schooley Labor unionists and environmentalists both confront the same commercial interests. In 1968, David Schooley chained himself to a bulldozer at the foot of the San Bruno Mountain. The activism of David and many other community members was crucial in protecting much of the mountain, allowing for the creation of a public […]

: Free

Labor Politics and Architecture of San Francisco – walk

ILWU Sculpture Mission St & Steuart St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Walk with Brad Wiedmaier, SEIU 2015 member & architectural historian San Francisco has a rich political and labor history that is also connected to its buildings. In this historyby- the-buildings walk, Brad Wiedmaier will outline artifacts and events, and their connections to San Francisco’s past and present. For more information call (415) 694-3605.

: Free

Charters, Privatization, Co-Locations & Fight Back – Conference

Finnish Hall 1970 Chestnut Street, Berkley, CA, United States

Registration: 9:30 AM The survival of public education is now at stake in California and throughout the country. Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy Devos is continuing the complete privatization of education with charters and destruction of public teacher jobs. The conference will look at how the charter industry and the California Charter School Association is […]

: Free