Legacy
On the West Coast, Bridges still excites passions both for and against the labor movement.
California Governor Gray Davis declared July 28, 2001, Bridges' 100th birthday, as "Harry Bridges Day". On the same day, the City of San Francisco dedicated a plaza in Bridges' honor.
The Harry Bridges Institute in San Pedro, California, is a research institute that focuses on topics of international economics and how changes in political geography affect unions.
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Washington, was established in Bridges' honor in 1992 by ILWU past and current ILWU members. The center supports research, teaching, and community outreach by UW faculty and students and labor organizations.
The nonprofit Harry Bridges Project produced From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges, a one-man play that was directed and by filmed Haskell Wexler, to promote Bridges' legacy and the impact of his work. The film was broadcast on some PBS stations on Labor Day Weekend in 2009.
In J.J. Lask's 2013 film The Uncrowned King, the fictional character August West is based on Harry Bridges' role in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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