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Guardian voices: The labor agreement that changed SF

Print Share This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the beginnings of  negotiations between the International Longshoreman’s and Warehouseman’s Union and the Pacific Maritime Association over what came to be known as the “Mechanization and Modernization Agreement.”  Signed in October, … Continue reading

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Youth Hostel

AN IDEA WITH LEGS In 1912, Richard Schirrmann, a teacher, created the hostel industry at the medieval Altena Castle in western Germany; the hostel is still operating today. The first hostel in the United States opened in 1934, and now … Continue reading

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Art review: ‘The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde …

Interspersed throughout the show are large photographic blow-ups of the Stein siblings’ various residences, mostly in and around Paris but in Palo Alto as well. In these conventional interiors, aggressively Modern paintings were often displayed in the old Victorian style, … Continue reading

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