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Dock workers load cargo onto ships. The maximum weight of the sling load was always a contentious issue between the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and the Waterfront Employers Association (WEA). Photograph courtesy of the ILWU Library, San Francisco. |
Wayne Morse at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Photograph courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. |
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Dock workers compete for jobs. This hated “shape-up” system required longshoremen to daily beg or bribe their way into a job on the San Francisco docks. Photograph courtesy of the ILWU Library, San Francisco. |
In their strike of '34, San Francisco dock workers were violently confronted by police and hired thugs. Photograph courtesy of The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York. |
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After the ILWU ignored one of his orders, Morse would not return to his work until Frances Perkins pled with him to do so. Wayne Morse Papers, Coll. 1. . |
In addition to his own decisions, Morse worked to standardize and professionalize labor arbitration. Wayne Morse Papers, Coll. 1 |
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Wayne Morse at the time of his labor arbitration work in the 1930s. Wayne Morse Papers, Coll. 1 |
As arbitrator between the IWLU and the WEA, Morse was respected for his "fairness" as well as his ability to keep industrial peace on the turbulent West Coast. University of Oregon Archives. |
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Australian native Harry Bridges led the ILWU to a reputation as one of the most radical unions in America. Photograph courtesy of ILWU Library, San Francisco. |
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In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor, making her the first woman to serve in the Cabinet. Photograph courtesy of ______________. |
Arbitration proceedings, October 7, 8, and 10, 1939. It was over this particular case that Morse withdrew his services for the ILWU and the WEA. He later returned at the request of the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. Wayne Morse Papers, Coll. 1 |
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