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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Bryan D.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 53.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934.

Truck drivers--Labor unions--Minnesota--History--20th century.

Truck drivers.

Strikes and lockouts--Trucking--Minnesota--History--20th century.

Strikes and lockouts.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters--History.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Minneapolis in the early 1930's was anything but a union stronghold. An employers' association known as the Citizens' Alliance kept labour organisations in check, at the same time as it cultivated opposition to radicalism in all forms. This all changed in 1934. The year saw three strikes, violent picket-line confrontations, and tens of thousands of workers protesting in the streets. Bryan D. Palmer tells the riveting story of how a handful of revolutionary Trotskyists, working in the largely non-union trucking sector, led the drive to organise the unorganised, to build one large industrial union. What emerges is a compelling narrative of class struggle, a reminder of what can be accomplished, even in the worst of circumstances, with a principled and far-seeing leadership.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1. Revolutionary Trotskyism and Teamsters in the United States: The Early Depression-Years

2. The Mass Strike

3. Uneven and Combined Development: Class-Relations in Minneapolis

4. Trotskyists Among the Teamsters: Propagandistic Old Moles

5. January Thaw; February Cold Snap: the Coal-Yards on Strike

6. Unemployed-Agitation and Strike-Preparation

7. The Women’s Auxiliary

8. Rebel-Outpost: 1900 Chicago Avenue

9. The Tribune Alley Plot and the Battle of Deputies Run

10. May 1934: Settlement Secured; Victory Postponed

11. Interlude

12. Toward the July Days

13. A Strike Declared; a Plot Exposed

14. Bloody Friday

15. Labour’s Martyr: Henry B. Ness

16. Martial Law and the Red-Scare

17. Governor Olson: The ‘Merits’ of a Defective Progressive Pragmatism

18. Standing Fast: Satire and Solidarity

19. Mediation’s Meanderings

20. Sudden and Unexpected Victory

21. After 1934: the Revenge of Uneven and Combined Development

22. Conclusion: The Meaning of Minneapolis

Appendix Trotskyism in the United States, 1928–33

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25486-2

OCLC:

857711504