November 15, 2017 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — When workers don’t receive what they feel is their fair share, they will often go on strike. New Bedford fishermen took that action in 1985-1986.
Find out the rest of that story, as the Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. This month the film “Community Conversation: Remembering the Fishermen’s Strike of 1985-86” will be presented. Dock-U-Mentaries is a co-production of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. Films about the working waterfront are screened on the third Friday of each month beginning at 7 p.m. in the theater of the Corson Maritime Learning Center, located at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 33 William St. in downtown New Bedford. All programs are open to the public and presented free of charge.
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