A paper by Elizabeth Reis of a strike of mostly Italian cannery workers in San Francisco during the Summer of 1917.
Originally appeared in California History, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Summer, 1985), pp. 174-191
Cannery R.O.W.: The AFL, the IWW, and Bay Area Italian Cannery Workers - Elizabeth Reis
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This is a great piece, thanks
This is a great piece, thanks for posting it.
Researchers have found accounts detailing how Wobbly cannery workers in San Jose, when repressed under California's draconian criminal syndicalism laws, simply rebranded themselves as "Toilers of the World" and carried on the class war interrupted.
An inspiring history!