Title: On the global waterfront
Description: Tells the story of longshoremen in Charleston, South Carolina, who -- on the verge of a presidential election that would redefine American and global politics -- confronted attempts to wipe out their union, the state's most powerful black organization, ILA Local 1422.
Subjects: Gewerkschaftspolitik, Strikes and lockouts, African American stevedores, Gewerkschaft, Stevedores, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, Labor unions, Strafjustiz, Hafenarbeiter, History, Labor unions, united states, South carolina, history
Places: SC Charleston, United States, Amerika, USA, South Carolina, Charleston, Schwarze
Time periods: 21st century