Oakland in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

1946 General Strike

By Barry Swackhamer, March 27, 2014

1. 1946 General Strike Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Site of the 1946 General
Strike when Woman
Retail Clerks fought
For the Right to
Organize a Union

Erected by Alameda Labor Council AFL-CIO.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Labor Unions • Women.

Location. 37° 48.327′ N, 122° 16.277′ W. Marker is in Oakland, California, in Alameda County. Marker can be reached from Frank H Ogawa Plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA 94612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Latham Memorial Fountain Unveiled (within shouting distance of this marker); Crossroads (within shouting distance of this marker); General Strike! (within shouting distance of this marker); Uptown Saturday Night (within shouting distance of this marker); Latham Square (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lathams (within shouting distance of this marker); Oakland City Hall

By Barry Swackhamer, March 27, 2014

2. 1946 General Strike Marker

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of College of California (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakland.

More about this marker. This marker is located on the wall of the Rotunda building. Frank H Ogawa Plaza is pedestrian traffic only.

Also see . . . 1946: The Oakland general strike - Stan Weir -- libcom.ort. Shortly before 5 a.m., Monday, December 3, 1946, the hundreds of workers passing through downtown Oakland on their way to work became witness to the police herding a fleet of scab trucks through the downtown area. The trucks contained commodities to fill the shelves of two major department stores whose clerks (mostly women) had long been on strike. (Submitted on March 31, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)

1946 General Strike image. Click for full size.

By Barry Swackhamer

3. 1946 General Strike

Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 571 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 31, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.