Fight & Win: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, 1934

In the depths of the Depression, with hungry, desperate man begging for jobs, a Teamsters Local with 175 members decided to take on the Minneapolis business community's rabid anti-union Association. Growing rapidly to a militant force of committed workers 5,000 strong, they battled the cops, the hired thugs and the union-busting politicians. Some battles were bloody, all of them were fraught with danger.Never backing down, IBT Local 574 eventually broke the grip of the business community, making Minneapolis a union town. Their victory inspired union organizing across the Midwest and beyond.Author John Hanson recalls the stories his father told him about those heroic men and women and the fight to establish a militant, democratic union. His is a poignant, personal story that speaks a universal language of courage and justice.Read Fight & Win to learn the Teamsters' winning strategy and to enjoy a rollicking good story.