Bay Area labor press highlights success of April 20 mobilization
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• "Trade unionists, peace activist groups and community organizations put 50,000 marchers onto Market Street in San Francisco Saturday, April 20, in protest of Ronald Reagan's weapons spending, economic and social priorities, intervention in Central AmerAntiwar activints unito for April demonstrations contrib TORY THE ERS We're on the spot and in the thick of the struggles. Socialist Action is a monthly newspaper featuring extensive coverage and incisive analysis of today's political scene.
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—California AFL-CIO News, April 26, 1985.
• "Spring Mobilization: Many ILWU Convention delegates chose to spend an extra day in San Francisco April 20 to join 50,000 members of unions and community groups in a dramatic march up Market Street, concluding with a rally at the Civic Center. The demonstration, organized by one of the broadest labor/community coalitions to come together in many years, focused on an end to U.S. intervention in Central America, an end to apartheid, and the need for jobs and peace."
-The Dispatcher (ILWU), May 10, 1985.
• "The San Francisco Labor Council had thrown its support behind the mobilization, urging fullest participation from members of its 130 affiliated unions.
-Northern California Labor, May 10, 1985.
• "Sisters and brothers from Local 29 joined more than 50,000 protesters from Northern California to march down Market Street in San Francisco on April 20 to dramatize their opposition to our current government's policies."
—The 29er (Office and Professional Employees Union Local 29), May 1985.
• "San Mateo County unionists joined hands with a variety of peace, church, and community groups in a huge mobilization which brought out 50,000 marchers in San Francisco April 20."
-San Mateo County May 1, 1985.
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