Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - I le taimi o le 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
Na auai le Iuni a Tagata Tafafao Maimoa, le International Seamen's Union ma le Marine Transport Workers (MTW) o le Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) i le tetee, ae o le "MWIU na pulea e le au Komunisi na faavaivaia le tetee" e ala i le faʻavaivaia.