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Originally Posted by redwitch
I don't know about the rest of the docks on the West Coast, but it was common knowledge that San Franciscco docks were run by the mob.
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I lived in the Bay Area for 40 years working in and around SF as a construction manager for union firms. Not common knowledge to me.
It should be noted that the Oakland docks do 10 times (+/-) the business than the SF docks. I would bet the most of the 14,000 Union Stevedores work in Oakland. Being on the mainland and with rail access is a big plus for Oakland.
(make that about 35 times. 2008 vessels; SF = 58, Oakland = 1928)
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