In 1984, members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 10 and 34 refused to unload South African cargo at San Francisco’s Pier 80. This motivated other anti-apartheid activism in the Bay Area and energized UC Berkeley students to escalate divestment protests in 1985. Union members would later join with students, demonstrating the power of collective action against apartheid.
Transcription:
Longshoremen say smash apartheid; Stop
Date: 1984
Attribution: Photograph by Mark Constantini, 1984, Negative files of the Fang Family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive, BANC PIC 2006.029:1984-11-31.02--NEG, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.