Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mahaifin George, Charles (wanda aka fi sani da "Pop"), ya kasance mai kula da gida, kuma George ya zama ɗaya, ma. Pop Hardy ya shiga Theater Janitors Local 9 na Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) a cikin 1926, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama mai shirya ba tare da biyan kuɗi ba ga ƙungiyar. Ba da daɗewa ba aka zaɓi Pop Hardy a matsayin shugaban gida da Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa na Kasa da Kasa. Kodayake BSEIU ta mamaye ta hanyar aikata laifuka a lokacin, Charles Hardy an dauke shi mai gaskiya ne kuma mai nuna alama wanda ba ya cikin ɓangaren mafiya yawan jama'a a kan jirgin. A cikin 1932, George Hardy ya kuma shiga Local 9, tsohuwar ƙungiyar Building Service Employees International Union a cikin California. A shekarar da ya shiga, an zabe shi a matsayin wakilin kasuwanci na gida. A lokacin San Francisco Janar yajin aiki na 1934
, Hardy ya taimaka wa mahaifinsa wajen shirya ma'aikatan sabis don tallafawa yajin aikin, wanda ya haifar da rufe gidajen cin abinci, gidajen sinima, wuraren shakatawa na dare, da gine-ginen ofis yayin yajin aikin na kwanaki hudu.