Longshore Click the links below to read the oral histories Bill Ward: 65 Years with the ILWU Cleophas Williams: Pioneer Black Longshore Leader Sam Kagel, Harry Bridges, and the 1934 Strike Sam Kagel: Coast Arbitrator A Long Struggle for Equality: The Mexican American longshoremen of Local 13, 1933-1975 Fighting for the Union: Marvin Ricks and the 1934 Strike in Portland Herb Mills: Fighting Death On The Job 1972-1978 Walter Williams: The Fight for Black Equality On The L.A. Waterfront Phil Lelli and the Tacoma Waterfront Klan Terror, Rough Working Conditions in San Pedro Before Union Organized Violence, Struggle, Victory: San Pedro In 1934 A Worker’s Journey: Jerry Tyler of Seattle’s Local 19