I researched the Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco.

I researched the Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco.

I researched the Minneapolis Truckers Strike of 1934

“In November of that year the local launched an organizing effort to bring coal drivers and coal yard workers into the union. Demands to Minneapolis coal drivers for improved wages and working conditions followed, but were ignored by employers, precipitating a strike by Minneapolis coal drivers and yard workers which was settled three days later.

“In 1934, Teamsters Local 574 went on strike several times. Eventually, after dozens of casualties, all of the workers’ demands were met, including a closed shop (union-only) hiring policy. The strike put Minneapolis on the map as a “union town,” with 6,000 members organized by Dunne and the Teamsters.”

How did the outcomes of the 1934 Teamsters Local 574 strike impact the labor movement in Minneapolis?

I researched the Minneapolis Trucker's Strike of 1934.

"No trucks shall be moved! By nobody!" was the rallying cry of Minneapolis Teamsters Local 574 as they struck in the summer of 1934.

"The magnificent struggles of the truck drivers, particularly the battle in the market Tuesday morning, 22 May, the ‘Battle of Deputies Run’, will be permanently engraved in the minds of the Minneapolis working class. This fight in which the strikers routed over 1500 police and special deputies is full of meaning for the future."

How did the strategies employed by the striking workers during the Minneapolis Strike of 1934 be different  from other labor strikes during that  time ?

Minneapolis Truckers Strike of 1934.

A quote from my primary source is "The vital questions of wages and hours, which are of life-and-death concern to our members and their families, have been callously ignored."

A quote from my second source "The Minneapolis strikes were so successful that they basically broke the back of what had been a nonunion town."

A question I had was for the Starbucks article, How many companies have done similar actions as to what Starbucks did?

Minneapolis Truckers Strike of 1934.

A quote from my primary source is "The vital questions of wages and hours, which are of life-and-death concern to our members and their families, have been callously ignored."

A quote from my second source "The Minneapolis strikes were so successful that they basically broke the back of what had been a nonunion town."

A question I had was for the Starbucks article, How many companies have done similar actions as to what Starbucks did?

Minneapolis Teamsters' Strike

In November of that year the local launched an organizing effort to bring coal drivers and coal yard workers into the union. Demands to Minneapolis coal dealers for improved wages and working conditions followed, but were ignored by employers, precipitating a strike (Feb. 6, 1934) by Minneapolis coal drivers and yard workers which was settled three days later.

This strike, also known as the Minneapolis Teamsters' Strike was one of the most violent in the state's history, and a major battle in Minnesota's "civil war" of the 1930s between business and labor.

The Longshoreman Strike of 1934 in San Francisco

"The employers recruited strikebreakers, housing them on moored ships or in walled compounds and bringing them to and from work under police protection."

"The Roosevelt administration tried again to broker a deal to end the strike, but the membership twice rejected the agreements their leadership brought to them and continued the strike."

How did the use of strikebreakers and police protection influence the long-term relationship between labor unions and law enforcement in the U.S.?