June 1, 1981

injustice

Assassination of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes

Content note This entry describes violence.

Filipino American labor reformers Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, officers of ILWU Local 37, were assassinated in Seattle; a civil jury later found the Marcos regime had ordered the killings over their anti-Marcos organizing.

Sources

  1. historylink.org historylink.org/File/412
  2. thenation.com thenation.com/article/society/domingo-viernes-union-reform

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