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1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery

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.

Police use tear gas
May 21: Strikers go into action against Citizens Alliance deputies
May 21: Worker takes down a Citizens Alliance deputy
Women’s Auxiliary serving pickets at strike headquarters commissary
Bloody Friday, July 20. Police open fire on pickets; Local 574 striker Henry Nes
Local 574 cruising pickets stop a driver to check for permits.
Street fighting in warehouse district
20,000 to 30,000 people pack the warehouse district
Vincent R. Dunne arrested August 1 during National Guard raid on Local 574 strik
100,000 attend funeral of Local 574 martyr Henry Ness
National Guardsmen deployed in Minneapolis
Police moving trucks against unarmed pickets
National Guard protecting strikebreaker
Raid on AFL headquarters
After martial law, a virtual guerrilla war enveloped the back streets of Minneap
Submitted by Juan Conatz on July 20, 2012
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One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike

An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
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Striking truck drivers battle police in Minneapolis, 1934

The Minneapolis Teamsters strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's short history of the militant and successful strike of truck drivers in Minneapolis…
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Strikers battle police

1934: Minneapolis Teamsters strike

A history of the 1934 strike of Teamsters in Minneapolis and the organising of workers of trucking companies across the city prior to it.
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1935: Pickets and striking workers at the Strutwear Knitting Company, Minneapoli

The 1935 Strutwear strike: ‘The stories of the workers are different’ - Elizabeth Faue

An article by Elizabeth Faue about the 1935 Strutwear strike in Minneapolis.

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