Revolutionary teamsters : the Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934

Revolutionary teamsters : the Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934 / by Bryan D. Palmer.

Can workers win? Bryan D. Palmer presents a detailed account of the Minneapolis teamsters' strikes of 1934 to suggest that working-class victories are possible, however bad the circumstances.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palmer, Bryan D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Historical materialism book series ; volume 53.
Subjects:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters > History.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
1900-1999
Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934.
Truck drivers > Labor unions > Minnesota > History > 20th century.
Strikes and lockouts > Trucking > Minnesota > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Strikes and lockouts > Trucking
Truck drivers > Labor unions
Streik
Lastkraftwagenfahrer
Minnesota
Minnesota > Minneapolis
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Chapter One Revolutionary Trotskyism and Teamsters in the United States: the Early Depression-Years; Chapter Two The Mass Strike; Chapter Three Uneven and Combined Development: Class-Relations in Minneapolis; Chapter Four Trotskyists Among the Teamsters: Propagandistic Old Moles; Chapter Five January Thaw; February Cold Snap: The Coal-Yards on Strike; Chapter Six Unemployed-Agitation and Strike-Preparation; Chapter Seven The Women's Auxiliary; Chapter Eight Rebel-Outpost: 1900 Chicago Avenue.
  • Chapter Nine The Tribune Alley Plot and the Battle of Deputies RunChapter Ten May 1934: Settlement Secured; Victory Postponed; Chapter Eleven Interlude; Chapter Twelve Toward the July Days; Chapter Thirteen A Strike Declared; a Plot Exposed; Chapter Fourteen Bloody Friday; Chapter Fifteen Labour's Martyr: Henry B. Ness; Chapter Sixteen Martial Law and the Red-Scare; Chapter Seventeen Governor Olson: The 'Merits' of a Defective Progressive Pragmatism; Chapter Eighteen Standing Fast: Satire and Solidarity; Chapter Nineteen Mediation's Meanderings; Chapter Twenty Sudden and Unexpected Victory.
  • Chapter Twenty-One After 1934: the Revenge of Uneven and Combined DevelopmentChapter Twenty-Two Conclusion: the Meaning of Minneapolis; Appendix Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-33; References; Index.

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