Bridges, Alfred Bryant Renton
Born: Jul 28, 1901 AD
Died: 1990 AD, at 88 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Labor Leader
Died: 1990 AD, at 88 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Labor Leader
1901 - He was born on the 28th of July in Kensington, near Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
1920 - He immigrated to US.
1921 - He joined Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
1933 - He organized San Francisco local of International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).
1934 - He led longshoremen's strike in San Francisco, evolving into three-day general strike.
1935 - He organized seven West Coast ILA locals into Maritime Federation of the Pacific.
1936 - He led five-month strike by Maritime Federation (unauthorized by ILA), then broke with ILA and led Maritime Federation into Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
1937 - He re-organized Maritime Federation as International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU).
- He became 1st president of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.
1938 - He ordered deported by Frances Perkins, but order overturned 1939.
1940 - He ordered deported by House of Representatives and Francis Biddle, but vindicated by Supreme Court.
1949-1950 - He indicted and convicted of perjury for having denied Communist Party membership in oath of naturalization, and sentenced to seven years in prison (conviction overturned on appeal).
1990 - He died on the 30th of March in San Francisco, Calif., U.S.
1920 - He immigrated to US.
1921 - He joined Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
1933 - He organized San Francisco local of International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).
1934 - He led longshoremen's strike in San Francisco, evolving into three-day general strike.
1935 - He organized seven West Coast ILA locals into Maritime Federation of the Pacific.
1936 - He led five-month strike by Maritime Federation (unauthorized by ILA), then broke with ILA and led Maritime Federation into Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
1937 - He re-organized Maritime Federation as International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU).
- He became 1st president of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.
1938 - He ordered deported by Frances Perkins, but order overturned 1939.
1940 - He ordered deported by House of Representatives and Francis Biddle, but vindicated by Supreme Court.
1949-1950 - He indicted and convicted of perjury for having denied Communist Party membership in oath of naturalization, and sentenced to seven years in prison (conviction overturned on appeal).
1990 - He died on the 30th of March in San Francisco, Calif., U.S.
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