Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
1934 West Coast waterfront strike, Bridges akanga ari mutungamiri weInternational Longshoremen's Association (ILA). Pakazosvika 1937, aizova purezidhendi weInternational Longshore neWarehouse Union (ILWU). Kungoita kwaBridges kuswedera pedyo neCIO uye kuumba ILWU kwakanga kwakakwana kuti Bridges iende pabutiro remusi waJuly 19, 1937 yemagazini ye"TIME". Munyaya yaro yokufukidza, "CIO kuGungwa", "TIME" yakataura kuti, nokukundikana kweLittle Steel Strike, John L. Lewis, mukuru weUnited Mine Workers neCongress of Industrial Organizations akanga atendeukira kumasangano ezvikepe kuti abatsire kuvaka CIO ichiri itsva. Hutungamiri hwepakutanga hweCIO hwaisanganisira: Philip Murray weSteel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC); Sidney Hillman weAmalgamated Clothing Workers; Harvey Fremming weOil Field, Gas Well & Refinery Workers; uye Charles P. Howard weTypographical Union. Lewis akanga atounganidza vatungamiriri vanoverengeka vemubatanidzwa wemakungwa: Joseph Curran wevapanduki veEast Coast seamen (National Maritime Union; Captain E. T. Pinchin weMasters, Mates &amp; Pilots of America; Vincent Malone weMarine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders &amp; Wipers Association; uye Mutungamiri Mervyn Rathborne weAmerican Radio Telegraphists. Maererano ne"TIME", Lewish aida Bridges, panguva iyoyo akanga achiri purezidhendi wePacific Coast District yeILA, kuti atungamirire ruoko rwomugungwa rweCIO. "TIME" yakarondedzera Bridges se"munhu anotyisa wePacific". Zvisinei, "TIME" yakataurawo kuti "Ichocho ichokwadi chokuti kunyange zvazvo Harry Bridges asiri mushanduri, mamiriyoni evanhu anofunga kuti ndizvo zvaari" uye akataura kuti chokwadi ichocho chinogona kuva chinetso kuna Lewis uye kuda kwake kukwezva masangano anotungamirirwa nemakomonisiti. Pakati pavavengi vaBridges (nokudaro zvinetso zvaLewis), "TIME" yakataura muparidzi William Randolph Hearst somukuru. Pakazosvika July 1939, Bridges akanga achishumira so"mutungamiriri weWest Coast" weCIO.