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Dock Union Leader Declares West Coast Merger With Teamsters Dead
ILWU executive board unanimously approves Bridges and three officers to end talks with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Bridges renominated for re election as ILWU leader. merger discussions began after the 1971 72 West Coast dock strikes and aimed to boost bargaining power.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
West Coast Longshore
Teamsters
Dock Union
Bridges
ILWU
Teamsters Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
West Coast
IBT
International Longshoremen’s
East and
Gulf Coast Dock
Frank Fitzsimmons
Nixon
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
West
Hawaii