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“On this day, 8 April 1970, thousands of Teamster truck drivers across the US went on wildcat strike against a union-management-agreed pay offer. The workers defied the police, the National Guard and their own union’s orders to...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 8 April 1970, thousands of Teamster truck drivers across the US went on wildcat strike against a union-management-agreed pay offer. The workers defied the police, the National Guard and their own union’s orders to return to work and held out for 12 weeks until they won an offer nearly 70% higher than the one the union agreed.
More info in this podcast episode about the Vietnam war-era strike wave: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/22/e8-the-vietnam-war-strike-wave/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1395754923942987/?type=3

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