| Author | La Botz, Dan.
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| Title | Rank and file rebellion : Teamsters for a Democratic Union / by Dan L. Botz.
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| Published | London ; New York : Verso, 1990.
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| Description | xvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Haymarket series on North American politics and culture
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| ISBN | 0-86091-289-2 |
| ISBN | 0-86091-505-0 (pbk.) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-331) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Revolution in local 138 -- Fight for the Teamsters union -- Militancy, democracy, secession and the founding of FASH -- 1970 wildcat and TURF -- Health, safety and PROD -- "Ready to strike!" : TDC and the 1976 contract -- Founding of the TDU and the 1976 Teamster convention -- Rise of the Teamsters -- Fall of the Teamsters -- Detroit puts TDU on the map -- Long Beach throws out the thugs -- Pension reform, the contract, and the PROD-TDU merger -- Red-Baiting and the attack on TDU -- Deregulation and depression -- UPS : the totalitarian workplace -- "Roy Williams, What are you afraid of?" -- Victories, defeats and casualties -- "Slap in the face for Jackie Presser" -- Fighting back in Los Angeles and Denver -- Drugs, deceits, and presser pulls a fast one -- Great Watsonville strike -- Presser, the Mafia and the FBI -- Atlanta TDU : Teamsters reform comes to the South -- Future of the Union : the right to vote.
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| Subjects | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America -- History.
Teamsters for a Democratic Union -- History.
Trade unions; History
United States
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| LC Card Number | 90-12448 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 6515 T2 L124
mq28199: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 21098] |
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