New York City municipal workers' strike, 1971 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 17 2015 23:57
A short history of a two-day strike by thousands of New York city workers in pursuit of a pension plan.
Review: Chris Rhomberg, The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor (2012)
A critical review of Chris Rhomberg's The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor.
The Teamsters wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:26
A short history of the militant nationwide wildcat strike of truck drivers in the Teamsters union against a union-management agreed pay rise of $1.10 an hour, which won a much bigger rise.
The Minneapolis Teamsters strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 3 2013 11:52
Jeremy Brecher's short history of the militant and successful strike of truck drivers in Minneapolis in 1934, in which strikers beat police off the streets.
1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 20 2012 21:09
Images from the 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, one of the most iconic strikes in American history. The strikers shut down transport of goods in the city and battled police and employer vigilante groups.
One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 19 2012 20:39
An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
The Teamster Raid on the UTU: A Dispatch from the civil war in the Canadian Transport Industry
Submitted by Recomposition on Jul 6 2012 22:10
This article is based on several interviews with workers that IWW members spoke with while supporting a couple strikes at Canada National Rail. The piece deals with the politics of the several unions who were all vying to become the One Big Union on the railways. It’s also worth looking at the rhetoric and practice of current contemporary Industrial Unionism and the revolutionary vision of the early 20th Century. There’s a lot of talk about mergers and consolidation right now in the labour movement. This is something pay attention to over the next few years.
How Teamsters quelled fascist thugs
Submitted by working class s... on May 7 2012 23:04
Excerpts from the book Teamster Politics by Farrell Dobbs describing how in the 1930s Teamsters Local 544 and other unionists formed a defense guard that pushed back the Silver Shirts, a fascist outfit that was spawned from the deepening capitalist economic crisis of the 1930s.
United States: Workers on the Move - Fred Pilgotsky
Article appearing in International Socialism, No.70, Mid-June 1974, by auto worker and socialist Fred Pilgotsky. In it he talks about wildcats in the auto industry, the conflicts between the unions and the rank-and-file, and the significance of race in the US.
Sometimes We Don't Even Get to the Point of Winning or Losing...
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 20 2010 04:56
Reading The American Worker and old Italian operaismo surveys of auto workers, it occurred to me that it would be worth documenting some of my own experiences in wage labor. We often forget how powerful and important first person accounts of what happens to us are.
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