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. Photos, index. Appendix: "How the Teamsters Union organized independent truckers in the 1930s" by Farrell Dobbs.Farrell Dobbs is the author of 'Teamster Politics', published 1975 under ISBN 9780873488624 and ISBN 0873488628.