LaborFest: Theater on the Pier: 1901 SF Waterfront Strike

Enjoy Living History with the Living History Players' dramatiztion of the 1901 San Francisco Waterfront Strike at the Hyde Street Pier. Witness a recreation of the strike that shut down the San Francisco waterfront from July 13 to October 2 1901, and resulted after its conclusion in the general acceptance and growth of labor unions throughout the city.
Living History Players take roles as striking seamen and teamsters demonstrating on the pier, carrying picket signs and distributing leaflets, with impassioned speeches calling for unity and brotherhood, and theatrical confrontations with employers and shipowners. With the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge the envigorating sea breezes, Aquatic Park's swimming and picnic facilities next door and your favorite seafood and liabations at every nearby restaurant, this is drama al fresco that should make for an outstanding Summer Saturday in San Francisco. (Note: A small gate fee is required to enter the pier.)