Oregon Experience
Julia Ruuttila
Clip: Season 17 Episode 1 | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
For a half century Julia Ruuttila’s life revolved around her love of unionism.
Julia Ruuttila was a prominent Northwest labor and peace activist. Witnessing the aftermath of a violent battle during the 1934 longshoremen’s strike would spark her career as a writer and fuel her support for union organizing.
Oregon Experience is a local public television program presented by OPB
Oregon Experience
Julia Ruuttila
Clip: Season 17 Episode 1 | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Julia Ruuttila was a prominent Northwest labor and peace activist. Witnessing the aftermath of a violent battle during the 1934 longshoremen’s strike would spark her career as a writer and fuel her support for union organizing.
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