Germain Bulcke - Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Project - Oral History Transcript

Oral History interview with Germaine Bulcke of ILWU, local 10. Completed on September 4, 1981. This interview is part of the Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Collection by the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org Germaine Bulcke was a founding member and leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He was an eyewitness to the 1934 strike and "Bloody Thursday" in which protesters were killed by police. After this he took a prominent role in waterfront labor politics, with the reorganization of the longshoremen's union and foundation of ILWU in 1937. He also participated in several campaigns against U.S. involvement in WWII. This item contains two parts: oral history audio file and full text transcription (.pdf).