Muni sickout echoes earlier labor clashes and economic inequities
Harry Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU), addresses a mass meeting in San Francisco, 1965. Will San Francisco see a resurgence in the labor movement?
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San Francisco's municipal transportation system stood still, stranding middle class riders. Riots raged throughout the city as over 1,500 streetcar drivers, known as carmen, literally fought with bottles and stones for higher wages. Left with few options, stranded San Franciscans took to other means to get to work: by foot, by bicycle, and by horse-drawn carriage.Read more »