July 16 Bloody Thursday
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July 16 Bloody Thursday

2017-07-16
On this day in labor history, the year was 1934.    That was the day fatalities on Bloody Thursday touched off a four day general strike in San Francisco. It was the first time a  general strike had shut down a major U.S. port city.    The strike had been raging since May. Workers battled with police days earlier as the shipping bosses tried to force open  the docks.    Two workers were killed.    More than 40,000 poured into Market Street to mar...
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