Quote of the Day: Harry Bridges

“The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity’”

Harry Bridges, Australian-born dock union leader, died at age 88 on this date in 1990. He helped form and lead the Int’l Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for 40 years. 
photo: Harry Bridges addresses a labor rally in San Francisco, 1965.

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