Course 2: New York at Work and Play (1940-1950)
Fall 2002
Instructors: Richard Greenwald, Maggie DeLuca, Amanda Dargan

Session 5: November 21, 2002 - Working on the New York City Waterfront

Focus Questions:

• What did it take to be a NYC longshoreman and why did the workers take such abuse for so long?
  
  
• What was the larger social and economic consequence of this “problem?”
  
  
• What was the impact of containerization on NYC’s geography?
  
  
• What is the relationship between technology and work? What is a positive for many often hurts the few. When is it justified to use labor-replacing technology?
  

Resources:

• On The Waterfront
  (1954)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/05/18/
  on_the_waterfront_review.shtml