E08: The Vietnam war strike wave
The first in a series of episodes we will be producing about the Vietnam war. Here we talk to historian and author of Strike! Jeremy Brecher about the strike wave which swept the United States during the Vietnam war in the 1960s and 70s.
Common sense for hard times
Submitted by Working Class H... on Jul 11 2018 02:03
In 1973, author Jeremy Brecher spent a summer with truck driver and union activist Tim Costello interviewing young American workers about the historical forces that shaped their lives. This book, published in 1976, was the result.
The American Working Class in Historical Perspective
A critical review of Jeremy Brecher's "Strike!"
From mass strike to new society - Jeremy Brecher
Excellent text by Jeremy Brecher examining where mass strikes have progressed into the working class attempting to run society in its own interests and the lessons we can learn from them.
Jeremy Brecher recalls forty years with Tim Costello
Jeremy Brecher's obituary of Tim Costello, who wrote for Root & Branch occasionally.
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 union-management GM strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:10
A brief history of the interesting national strike of the United Auto Workers union at General Motors, organised in conjunction with management to allow workers to blow off steam.
The national US Postal Service wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:01
Jeremy Brecher's short history of the successful nationwide illegal wildcat strike of American postal workers: the first major strike of federal government workers.
The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 12:11
Jeremy Brecher's account of the great sit-down strike in the General Motors plants in Flint, 1936-1937, where workers occupied the factories and won big concessions.
Akron rubber workers' struggles, 1933-1936 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 11:50
Jeremy Brecher's account of the struggles of rubber workers in Akron, Ohio, the centre of the American rubber industry. Growing disillusioned with the failure of the unions to improve their situation, the workers developed the sitdown strike.
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