· Seattle, Washington
Assassination of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
injustice
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.
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Sources
- historylink.org historylink.org/File/412
- thenation.com thenation.com/article/society/domingo-viernes-union-reform