From Belgium to Detroit, 1920, to San Francisco, 1925; presidency of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 10, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946; ILWU second vice president, 1947-1960; Local 10 representative on Area Labor Relations Committee; ILWU Coast Negotiating Committee, 1952-1960; appointed Southern California Arbitrator for ILWU-Pacific Maritime Assn., 1960-1966; waterfront stories and personalities; Bloody Thursday, the 1934 strike; working with locals in Alaska; union successes, traitors, tumult, political action; ILWU changes and achievements,
1930s-1980s.
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Title
Germain Bulcke: Longshore Leader and IlWU-PMA Arbitrator
Note
Bulcke, Germain. "Germain Bulcke: Longshore Leader and IlWU-PMA Arbitrator." Interview by Estolv Ethan Ward in 1983. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1984. Interview date(s) 1983
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