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Police aren't supposed to take a side in a labor dispute but enforce a law. that morning in 1946, when people saw police breaking the strike up, siding with the workers and bringing in the strike breakers, the general strike spontaneously happened. bus drivers saw what was happening, parked their buses and left them there. people in other businesses walked out of their jobs. it was a spontaneous strike, taking sides with the store employees who had otherwise been doing their own thing. the general strike in oakland in the '40s was not a big organized union-led thing. it happened spontaneously ...

Department stores. they wanted better pay and better conditions. there were picket lines and some heated confrontations. there were people arrested. it was proceeding price much as you would expect out of your average labor strike. until it became not just a dispute between those stores and the people who worked for those stores but rather a dispute in which the police intervened forcibly on the side of the stores, against the people who were striking. against the employees. >> they beat us all out of the alleys, pushed us with those damn billy clubs. i was black and blue here for months. the ...

Oakland. retail store clerks went on strike against downtown department stores. they wanted better pay and better conditions. there were picket lines and some heated confrontations. there were people arrested. it was proceeding price much as you would expect out of your average labor strike. until it became not just a dispute between those stores and the people who worked for those stores but rather a dispute in which the police intervened forcibly on the side of the stores, against the people who were striking. against the employees. >> they beat us all out of the alleys, pushed us with those...