Hahn walked the picket lines with unionized dockworkers in 2002. On December 1, 1919, the striking dockworkers rushed the harbour and chased off the strikebreakers. They have become the common headgear for stereotypical dockworkers and sailors in movies and television. The Pijiguiti Massacre in 1959 saw Portuguese soldiers opened fire on protesting dockworkers, killing 50. The areas close to the water were home to Nice's dockworkers and fishermen. His disparate group of tunnelers includes a dockworkers, a bicycle mechanic, and a graduate student. On 3 August 1959, fifty striking dockworkers were killed. Due to her testimony, Still and three of the dockworkers were acquitted. The music of the dockworkers from South Carolina inspired Johnson to compose the music. It was inspired by New York dockworkers, such as in the film "On The Waterfront".