Teamster PowerFour books on the 1930s strikes and organizing drive 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 trade union strategy. 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 many areas of the Midwest. |
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| Title | Teamster Power Teamster Series |
| Author | Farrell Dobbs |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Monad Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0913460206, 9780913460207 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |