SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- More than 200 people gathered in downtown San Francisco this morning to remember the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday."
The fatal shootings of two workers that day was a turning point for the West Coast labor movement.
KCBS' Chris Filippi Reports
Members of several unions from across the Bay Area are remembering a day of rioting along San Francisco's waterfront that injured more than 100 people along with two men who were shot to death by police. The shooting led to a general strike in San Francisco.
Michael Villeggiante, a trustee for the Bay Area Longshoremen's Memorial Association, says things have come full circle for labor with the country facing similar economic challenges to what was occurring in 1934.
"It's not the workers in this country that have problems or are doing the wrong thing," He said. "It's the corporations, and maybe some of the CEOs need to take a cut in pay."
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