Sam Kagel - Labor File: 1909 to the Present
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SAM KAGEL - LABOR FILE: 1909 TO THE PRESENT Copyright O 2003 by Sam Kagel All rights reserved. - This book or parts thereof may not be reprinted in any form without permission. FOR JEANNE AMES KAGEL "Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is always a portrait of himself." Samuel Butler, (1835-1902) The Way of All Flesh BLOODY THURSDAY - THE BATTLE OF RINCON HILL ..................................................1 THE FUNERAL .............................................................................................................................5 THE GENERAL 1934 SYMPATHY STRIKE AND THE END OF THE LONGSHORE - MARITIME STRIKE ....................................................................................................................7 1934 LONGSHORE ARBITRATION AWARD ......................................................................12 JOB ACTION ...............................................................................................................................13 HOW THE 1934 LONGSHORE - MARITIME STRIKE STARTED ....................................14 TEAMSTERS AND THE 1934 STRIKE ..................................................................................19 CASEY AND BRIDGES .............................................................................................................21 MICHAEL CASEY ......................................................................................................................21 1901 TEAMSTERS STRIKE .....................................................................................................21 CASEY AND MILKERS UNION ..............................................................................................25 CASEY AND ROOSEVELT ......................................................................................................27 CASEY HELPS BRIDGES ........................................................................................................27 CASEY AND NEYLAN ............................................................................................................. 2 8 HARRY BRIDGES ......................................................................................................................29 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................2 9 BRIDGES' WORK HISTORY ..................................................................................................30 AGAINST COMPANY UNION ................................................................................................34 SPEECH SLOGANS ..................................................................................................................35 BRIDGES: RED BAITING - COMMUNIST CHARGES ..........................................................37 ON JAZZ ..................................................................................................................................41 THE PLAZA .............................................................................................................................42 INTEGRITY ...............................................................................................................................4 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR SCENE IN 1930'S AND 1940'S .......................................44 THE MARCH INLAND - THE WAREHOUSEMEN ............................................................. 44 1938 WAREHOUSE LOCKOUT ..............................................................................................47 PAUL SMITH MEDIATION .....................................................................................................48 PAT PATON ............................................................................................................................. 49 KATHERINE GRAHAM ..........................................................................................................51 THE MARCH INLAND - GROCERY CLERKS ....................................................................52 i THE MARCH INLAND - DEPARTMENT STORES .............................................................53 LOCAL 1100 AND WAXIE GORDON: OTHER "FIXERS.................................................. 5 THE MARCH INLAND - THE LADIES GARMENT INDUSTRY .....................................57 THE MARCH INLAND - 1937 HOTEL STRIKE ..................................................................58 THE MARCH INLAND - NEWSPAPER GUILD ...................................................................61 THE MARCH INLAND AND NEWSPAPER TEAMSTERS ............................................... 64 THE MARCH INLAND AND THE NEWSPAPER VENDORS ........................................... 66 FERRY WORKERS' SEVERANCE PAY (BEFORE THE MARCH INLAND) ................67 THE BAKERY DRIVERS ARBITRATION ............................................................................72 KIDWELL AND MOONEY CASE ...........................................................................................75 FLUGEL AND MOONEY CASE ..............................................................................................75 STREETCAR WORKERS ARBITRATION ...........................................................................76 NEWSPAPER ARBITRATIONS ..............................................................................................78 LONGSHOREMEN AND WORLD WAR II ........................................................................... 80 A PAUSE - LOOKING BACKWARDS .................................................................................... 82 ORIGINAL FAMILY ................................................................................................................ 8 2 HIGH SCHOOL ........................................................................................................................ 83 PRESENT FAMILY ................................................................................................................... 8 6 U.C. 1926 ...................................................................................................................................8 7 GRADUATE WORK: TIM REARDON ...................................................................................87 WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION - WORLD WAR II .......................................................89 COMMUNIST CHARGES .........................................................................................................94 LAW SCHOOL ............................................................................................................................95 LAW OFFICE ............................................................................................................................101 LAW TEACHER .......................................................................................................................104 ARBITRATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 105 UNUSUAL ARBITRATION CASES .......................................................................................106 PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS .................................................................................. 106 INSURANCE COMPANIES .................................................................................................... 108 ll JANITORS ..............................................................................................................................109 FARM WORKERS ARBITRATION ...................................................................................... 110 PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY LECTURES ........................................................................ 111 GEORGE HALAS AND WRITTEN OPINIONS .................................................................... 112 ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARBITRATORS ............................................................................ 112 MEDIATION AND MED -ARB ................................................................................................114 HAWAIIAN LONGSHOREMEN MEDIATION (1961) ........................................................ 114 HAWAII PORT ARBITRATION ...........................................................................................117 SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPERS ( 1968) - MEDIATION .................................................. 118 BAY AREA NURSES (1973) - MEDIATION ........................................................................ 120 TYPOGRAPHERS (1973) - MEDIATION ............................................................................ 121 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (1982) - MEDIATION .................................................122 SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (1984) - MEDIATION .............................................................. 126 SAN FRANCISCO RESTAURANTS ( 1984) - MEDIATION ................................................127 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (1985) - MEDIATION .................................. 130 STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY ( 1985) - MEDIATION ........................................132 FRONTIER HOTEL OF LAS VEGAS (1993) - MEDIATION .............................................. 135 1936, 1948, 1971 LONGSHORE STRIKES .. ........................................................................... 137 THE 1936 LONGSHORE STRIKE . ......................................................................................... 137 THE 1948 LONGSHORE STRIKE AND "NEW LOOK" ...................................................