1999 Carpenters' Wildcat Strike: What We Won and How | Socia

Rob Rooke, Carpenters Local 713 Recording Secretary (2000-2003)



In May 1999 over 5,000 construction workers participated in an illegal, unsanctioned, 4-day strike. Most of Northern California's major construction job-sites were closed down. It was set in the background of two colliding elements:

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