Harry Bridges (July 28 1901 - March 30 1990) was an influential American labor leader in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), a union of longshore and warehouse workers on the West Coast, Hawai'i and Alaska which he helped form and led for over forty years. As controversial as he was charismatic, he was prosecuted by FDR, Truman and Eisenhower alike, … Wikipedia
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