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1. The Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934

2. “Farrell Dobbs Speaks! Teamster Battles of the 1930s: Part 1,” - “And they had kept employment strictly on the basis of open shop conditions, everything for the boss and damn little for the worker. It took a class Florida beach, this all dominant boss guy. And that's why if there hadn't been a conscious revolutionary leadership in that potential for struggle, then Minneapolis would have remained in the rearguard and would not have played the role it did in the vanguard of the labor upsurge  in the 30s.”

3. Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934 by Bryan D. Palmer (April 2014) (This isn't a quote because you have to pay to read the book)

4. " And that's why if there hadn't been a conscious revolutionary leadership in that potential for struggle, then Minneapolis would have remained in the rearguard and would not have played the role it did in the vanguard of the labor upsurge  in the 30s.” what does he mean by a “conscious revolutionary leadership”?

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1) Minneapolis trucker strike

2) " An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society"

The leaders were convicted of "advocating and teaching the overthrow of the United States government by force and violence." The decision was later unsuccessfully appealed, and the eighteen leaders were imprisoned in 1944. This action was considered the test case proving the effectiveness of the Smith Act.

3) "THE MINNEAPOLIS STRIKE"

The workers again took up the strike on July 17. Three days later, the most violent episode of the strike took place. A large group of unarmed workers were fired on by more than 100 police officers. They had been were lured to a street corner by deputies in a scab truck. The incident became known as “Bloody Friday.”

4)What were the repercussions of imposing these leaders on the union? Did they demoralize them? Did it slow down their movement? Is it at fault for unions being so weak nowadays

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The Minneapolis Trucker's Strike of 1934.

“The Socialist Workers Party is of particular interest to Minnesota because of the party's involvement in the Minneapolis Truck Drivers' Strike of 1934.” By Socialist Workers Party.

"The workers again took up the strike on July 17. Three days later, the most violent episode of the strike took place. A large group of unarmed workers were fired on by more than 100 police officers. They had been were lured to a street corner by deputies in a scab truck. The incident became known as ‘Bloody Friday.’” By The International Brotherhood of Teamster

Question: As the group of workers were getting led to where the “bloody Friday” took place, what were some of the thoughts and strategies they took to fight against the police? Also did they think it would end that way?

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1. I researched the Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco.

2. A quote from a youtube video uploaded by PublicDomainFootage, on Sep 8, 2018, states “A veritable battle zone, where two were killed and seven wounded.”

3. Published Jan 8, 2025 7:30 PM EST, by PBS news states, “U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy."

4. A question I found myself asking was; how many Strikes longshoremen have orangized and actually got a good outcome out of? Or I'm wondering, if there's any strikes that didnt go in their favor?

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1. The Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco

2. "After Bloody Thursday (July 5, 1934), when police killed two strikers, twenty-one unions representing Teamsters, longshoremen, and seamen voted to organize a general strike.”(FoundSF)

"A mass funeral march of tens of thousands of strikers and sympathizers four days later and the general strike that followed effectively shut down both San Francisco and Oakland."(Mike Quinn)

3. A question I had was, What role did public demonstrations like mass funeral marches, play in shaping public opinion and increasing support for labor strikes in the 1930s?

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I researched the Great Longshore Strike of 1934.

1. “A gasoline shortage stopped almost every wheel in town. Everyone walked or stayed at home.” a quote from a youtube video uploaded by PublicDomainFootage

2. “In theory, if longshoremen could organize themselves in conjunction with other waterfront workers, they had the ability to shut down the entire West Coast shipping industry and hamstring the American economy.” -Waterfront Workers History Project, The Start of the Great 1934 Longshore Strike by Rod Palmquist

3. What changed between 1933 and 1934 that motivated the longshoremen to strike? And how did it reflect larger national labor trends during the time?

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1. I researched the Trucker's Strike

2. "We enter the battle with powerful support from the population, not only in Minneapolis, but even outside of it.

And how well justified is this support! We are not fighting an isolated cause. Ours is the cause of the whole labor movement. Should we be defeated, we who are entrenched in the key industry of transportation, the other unions in Minneapolis would be chopped down one by one. Every labor organization would be endan-gered. Should we be victorious, it means a strengthening of the whole labor movement, it means a tremendous step forward in making Minneapolis a solid Union town."

(The Organizer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Volume 1, Number 5.

published July 17, 1934)

3. "  In the depths of the Depression, the workers’ movement had been dealt such blows through mass unemployment and plant closures and shutdowns that the old craft unions were withering on the vine of the social relations of production in America, basically handcuffed by depression and economic collapse.”

( The Minneapolis Truckers’ Strike Was Led by Left Revolutionaries, January 24, 2024)

4. Were there any other big attempts that labor unions took in the past to try to organize and fight back unfair working conditions and why was this outbreak specifically successful despite the odds?

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1. The strike i researched was The Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco.

2. The photo (library of congress/pathe news)

3. "The San Francisco strikers were not alone, far from it; they too were products of the times (San Francisco news)

4. Question: What were the biggest changes from before the longshoreman strike of 1934 and after?

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Footage of the riots that took place during the Longshoremen’s Strike in San Francisco, California, that resulted in 80 injuries and 2 deaths. Union picketers can be seen battling police armed with guns and tear gas.

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1) Minneapolis trucker strike

2)One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike

On 7 February 1934, a strike was called in the coal yards, shutting down sixty-five of sixty-seven yards in three hours. Under the leadership of DeBoer, an innovative strike tactic was introduced for the first time, cruising picket squads patrolling the streets by automobile.

3) The Organizer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Volume 1, Number 5

The issues in the present strike are basically the same as they are for those other workers throughout the land who have laid down their tools.

1. the right of the workers to organize and be represented by the union. Their right to choose thier own leaders.

4) The union had a plan to strike? Was it the only solution?

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Minneapolis Trucker's Strike of 1934

“FATHER Francis J. Haas, a seminary professor of ethics and economics, was one of the New Deal's best known and most successful labor mediators in the turbulent 1930s."

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1. The Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco.

2. The image (FoundSF)

3. '’It was the middle of the Great Depression. Competition was fierce, not only for jobs, but among the shipping companies vying for profits.’’

How a 1934 waterfront strike was a major turning point for West Coast labor

4. What was the biggest change they got out of this strike?