Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan, conducted by Bill Patten in three sessions from January 7 to February 4, 1995, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Stranahan discusses his involvement with the Longshore Supercargoes and Clerks Local 40 and ILWU Local 8, beginning in 1946. He also speaks about strikes by workers on the Portland waterfront during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1970s.