Areas labor movement. As San Francisco marks the 80th anniversary of the 1934 general strike. The strike began when longshoremen walked off the job protesting brutal working conditions. Ktvus George Watson first brought us this story in 2000. Its the worse industrial disturbance that San Francisco has seen in many years. San francisco was one of the busiest sea ports in the world when 12,000 longshoremen went out on strike. They shut down the ports and peers of the entire west coast. It was may nine, 1934. Completely demoralized through inability of gas stations to replenish their supplies. Nerve centers on strike at the food mart. The big hotels have closed the doors of their restaurants to the general public and the few eating places still open and able to get supplies to a rushing business. 65 days after the strike began, the anger and frustration coalesed. On tuesday july 3rd, 90 ships were idle to San Francisco docks. The three day bad battle ended here. 5,000 longshoremen and the