The 1934 strikes that built the industrial union movement in Minneapolis and helped pave the way for the CIO, recounted by a central leader of that battle. The first in a four-volume series on the class-struggle leadership of the strikes and organizing drives that transformed the Teamsters union in much of the Midwest into a fighting social movement and pointed the road toward independent labor political action. Introduction by Jack Barnes, two 12-page photo sections and other photos, index. Appendix: List of Original Strike Committee of 100 as it appeared in Local 574's files. Now with enlarged type. Also available in: Spanish, Farsi, Swedish

Teamster Rebellion

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Teamster Power

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Teamster Politics

The third of four books on the 1930s strikes, organizing drives, and political campaigns that transformed the Teamsters union in Minnesota and much of the Midwest into a fighting industrial union movement. Written by a leader of the communist movement in the U.S. and organizer of the Teamsters union during the rise of the CIO. Indispensable tools for advancing revolutionary politics, organization, and effective trade unionism. Teamster Politics tells how rank-and-file Teamsters led the fight against antiunion frame-ups and assaults by fascist goons; the battle for jobs for all; and efforts to advance independent labor political action.

Pathfinder Press

Written by Farrell Dobbs, who emerged from the ranks as part of the class-struggle leadership, this is the story of the 1934 Teamsters organizing drive in Minneapolis. The book describes how the union movement was built, helping to pave the way for the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Appendix: List of Original Strike Committee of 100 as it appeared in Local 574's files.

Monad Press

The second of four books on the 1930s strikes, organizing drives, and political campaigns that transformed the Teamsters union in Minnesota and much of the Midwest into a fighting industrial union movement. Written by a leader of the communist movement in the U.S. and organizer of the Teamsters union during the rise of the CIO. Indispensable tools for advancing revolutionary politics, organization, and effective trade unionism. Teamster Power describes the growth and consolidation of the Teamsters union in Minneapolis and its class-struggle leadership, and the 11-state over-the-road organizing campaign that brought union power for the first time to much of the Midwest. Two 12-page photo sections and other photos, map, index Also available Spanish

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American History, Unions, Labor, Teamsters

Farrell Dobbs, a central leader of the labor battles and debates recorded here, tells how in the 1930s the leadership of Teamsters Local 544 in Minneapolis fought to lead workers across the Midwest onto an independent working-class political course.  · How they organized the unemployed and truck owner-operators into fighting union auxiliaries. · Deployed a Union Defense Guard to stop the fascist Silver Shirts. · Campaigned for workers to break politically from the bosses and organize a labor party based on the unions. · And mobilized labor opposition to U.S. imperialism’s entry into World War II.  New edition includes special 20-page photo section, featuring many photographs from the  Northwest Organizer newspaper of Teamsters Local 544.

The third of four books on the 1930s strikes, organizing drives, and political campaigns that transformed the Teamsters union in Minnesota and much of the Midwest into a fighting industrial union movement. Written by a leader of the communist movement in the U.S. and organizer of the Teamsters union during the rise of the CIO. Indispensable tools for advancing revolutionary politics, organization, and effective trade unionism.  Teamster Politics tells how rank-and-file Teamsters led the fight against antiunion frame-ups and assaults by fascist goons; the battle for jobs for all; and efforts to advance independent labor political action.

Teamster Bureaucracy

The last of four books on the 1930s strikes, organizing drives, and political campaigns that transformed the Teamsters union in Minnesota and much of the Midwest into a fighting industrial union movement. Written by a leader of the communist movement in the U.S. and organizer of the Teamsters union during the rise of the CIO. Indispensable tools for advancing revolutionary politics, organization, and effective trade unionism. Teamster Bureaucracy tells how the rank-and-file Teamsters leadership organized to oppose World War II, racism, and government efforts -- backed by the international officialdom of the AFL, the CIO, and the Teamsters -- to gag class-struggle-minded workers.

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Teamster Rebellion

Teamster Power

Teamster Politics

Teamster Rebellion

Teamster Rebellion

Teamster Power

Teamster Power

Teamster Politics

Teamster Politics

Teamster Bureaucracy