News Footage: Strikes and Boycotts

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Safeway Market Strike: Men standing outside of Safeway on Market Street picketing, women holding signs that read "On Strike Safeway, retail clerks union 648", four men standing by watching picketers, Safeway truck parked in front of stores, strikers in front of the Safeway by the ocean on Fulton Street, trucker sleeping inside truck with feet in window, sign on window of Safeway reads "temporary help wanted: if you are interested in earning extra cash during the current labor dispute, apply within: no experience necessary", various picketers talking to reporters, CU on newsstand where San Francisco Examiner reads: "Grocery clerks call strike", interior shot of store where meat and poultry counters are empty, manager takes last packages of hamburger meat and moves them to other shelves as old women stand by and wait, really pretty black woman rings up customer's groceries Hyatt Cab Boycott: Man dressed all in black holding up a picket sign near the Embarcadero, man approaches cab and talks to driver, exterior shots of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, really tall black male valet stands in front and talks to guests KRON strike (1980): Strikers out in front of the Langley Building (which looks burned), striker holds sign that reads "AFTRA, IBEW, OPEIU Newspersons/Producers/Directors/Writers/Technicians/ Clerical Employees" , man holding picket sign that reads "KRON TV strike", two men in hats holding homemade sign that reads "KRON TV on STRIKE" standing outside of someone's house, men ring the doorbell and a woman peeks her face out of the window but does not let the men inside, man with picket sign goes to track where woman is running, camera follows woman as she runs the track, man with picket sign runs after woman running, man gives new meaning to the term "creative facial hair", picketer has run in with a police officer Bay Meadows Strike: Men are being carted around in horse drawn carts, several horses and carts are running around at the same time, horses and men in carts are shown on the Bay Meadows race track, exterior shot of Bay Meadows, woman washes a horse behind the stables Hotel Pickets: Asian picketers holding signs that read "Jack Tar Hotel", picketers standing in front of the Jack Tar Hotel with a Canadian flag flying overhead,