San Francisco: International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, [c1983]. Pamphlet. 37p., green staplebound wraps, 4x6 inches; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 278030
Tucson, AZ: Labor Standard, 2002. Single issue of the journal, which continued the Bulletin in defense of Marxism. 38 pages, 8.5x11 inches, very good in wraps. articles and analysis of Bush's war on Saddam Hussein, Taft-Hartley After 55 Years, Bush's threats against West Coast ILWU. Magazine continues the In Defense..... More
Cat.No: 254505
San Francisco: International Longshoremen's & Warehouse Union, c1981. Letter. From the library of former ILWU member, Tom Edminster, this archive includes two letters from June 1981 addressed to ILWU Local 6 members (8.5x14 inches); first, a political campaign letter recommending members vote for all incumbent international officials in the International..... More
Cat.No: 297475
[New York]: Members of the International Longshoremen's Association, [1951]. Pamphlet. [6p.], very good in pictorial wraps. Issued soon after Rudolph Halley's dramatic televised investigations of racketeering on New York's waterfront. Lists the demands of a rank and file group within the union, which may have had good reason to remain..... More
Cat.No: 174395
San Francisco: The Transport Worker, 1973-74. Two issues of the newsletter, one 7x8.5 inches, the other 8.5x14 inches, the latter one with a stain on the cover sheet. Updates on negotiations and activism within the various relevant unions. More
Cat.No: 250052
San Francisco: The Transport Worker, 1974. 6 page newsletter, 8.5x14 inches,folded for mailing, minor wear. Updates on negotiations and activism within the various relevant unions. More
Cat.No: 250053
New York: Union Democracy in Action, 1961-64. Twelve issues of the rank and file reform newsletter; 4 to 20 pages per issue, 9x12 inches; first issue folded with a closed edge tear, another with pen notation, otherwise generally very good. Numbers present are 1, 4, 6-15. Coverage of cases related..... More
Cat.No: 250050
Austin: The University of Texas, 1935. Paperback. 105p., wraps, very good condition. Study of Electricians and Longshore workers in Houston, Texas. Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences, study no. 15. More
Cat.No: 106083
N.pl. n.pub. 1943. 63p., wraps rather worn and mildly soiled with a few small splash stains and light foxing, tear along part of spine. Laid in is a sample resolution in support of Bridges, with several paragraphs of boilerplate text and a blank space for the name of the sponsoring..... More
Cat.No: 136684
N.pl. n.pub. 1943. 63p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, wraps slightly browned, date penned on front wrap, front wrap lightly foxed along top edge else good condition. More
Cat.No: 163839
N.pl. n.pub. 1943. 63p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, wraps evenly browned and mildly foxed with a few small splash stains, staples rusted else good condition. More
Cat.No: 192586
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. xii, 353p., very good condition in like dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 39706
San Pedro: Singlejack Books, 1978. Paperback. 63p., wraps, very good condition. First published in 1977 A singlejack sampler. Benet, long-time ILWU member and longshoreman, writes poetry & prose on the working class and outcasts. More
Cat.No: 97226
San Francisco: The Lapis Press, 1988. Paperback. 174p., wraps slightly shelf worn with sun-fade to spine. Benet, longtime ILWU member and longshoreman, writes on the working class and outcasts. More
Cat.No: 25304
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Philadelphia: Gay Friends of Lucien Blackwell, 1979. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure folded to 4.75x8.5 inches, bullet points, biographical background, stands on Gay Rights, list of individuals and groups endorsing Blackwell, application to volunteer, lightly-worn on light yellow stock. African American politician who served as a dockworker and as president of the..... More
Cat.No: 280221
San Francisco: Bridges-Robertson-Schmidt Defense Committee, [195-?]. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches folded size, fold-creased paper browned, pencil notation on front wrap else very good condition. Argues that the prosecutions of Harry Bridges and others were cover for a broader anti-labor campaign. More
Cat.No: 74048
San Francisco: Waterfront Writers and Artists, 1978. Pamphlet. 12p., wraps slightly worn, minor creasing else very good condition, 6.5x9.5 inches. Primarily poetry. Pamphlet issued after a reading by Longshoremen in San Francisco. Includes poetry by George Benet, Ken Fox, Bob Carson and Gene Dennis, with two short prose selections by..... More
Cat.No: 137869
San Francisco: Waterfront Writers and Artists, [c1977]. Pamphlet. [10]p., wraps slightly worn, minor creasing else very good condition, 8.5x11 inches. Primarily poetry. Pamphlet issued after a 1977 reading by Longshoremen in San Francisco. Includes poetry by George Benet, Ken Fox, Bob Carson and Gene Dennis, with two short prose selections..... More
Cat.No: 299552
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. hardcover. vi, 198p., illus., first edition, very good condition in an unclipped dust jacket with a small stain on the rear panel. Contributors include George Benet, Asher Harer and Gene Dennis. More
Cat.No: 221
Oakland: PM Press, 2021. Paperback. vii-xvi, 323p., 6x9 inches, wraps, illus., like new. Ben Fletcher was a Black member of the IWW and organized the Philadelphia water front in the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union. More
Cat.No: 261509
Oakland: PM Press, 2021. Hardcover. vii-xvi, 323p., 6x9 inches, boards, illus., like new, with author's inscription "Solidarity!" Ben Fletcher was a Black member of the IWW and organized the Philadelphia water front in the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union. More
Cat.No: 261510
San Francisco: the Committee, 2003. [40p.], very good in pictorial wraps. Program booklet for a memorial held on what would have been Bridges' 102nd birthday. More
Cat.No: 178157
San Pedro, CA: Seamen's Club, Communist Party, 1947. Leaflet, 8.5x14 inches, mimeographed on one side only, two illustrations with extensive text, slightly browned with minor edgewear. For maritime worker unity. More
Cat.No: 67547
Honolulu: Hawaii Insurance Consultants, 1997. Hardcover. viii, 100p., hardcover in dust jacket, illus., 7.25x10.25 inches, very good. Programs from Pinsky's 88th birthday celebration and celebration of life inlaid. Pinsky was active in the labor movement, the ILWU and went on to found a number of insurance companies. More
Cat.No: 281305
New York: Monthly Review Press, 2008. Paperback. 224p., wraps, 6x9 inches, very good condition. On the five union longshoremen who were arrested and charged with inciting a riot after a fight broke out at a 2000 protest against a freight company using non-union labor. More
Cat.No: 274622
