Marker commemorating '34 Teamsters strikes to be unveiled July 18

[Omaha Steve]

David Sandeen, TK Sandeen and Linda Leighton are among the descendants of 1934 strikers. Photo courtesy of Keith Christensen

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/marker-commemorating-34-teamsters-strikes-be-unveiled-july-18

By Mike Wilkinson, Workday Minnesota
July 8, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS---The first marker to commemorate the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strikes, one of the great watershed moments in the history of the American labor movement, is being installed in downtown Minneapolis.

The marker will be unveiled on Saturday, July 18, in a ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. at 701 N. Third St., in the Warehouse District.


Tension among strikers, strikebreakers and police often spilled into the streets.


“There are virtually no memorials in the Twin Cities related to historical moments in the local labor movement,” said Dave Riehle who chairs the Remember 1934 Committee, a group of labor activists, historians and sympathizers who organized and raised funds for the marker.

“The ’34 Teamsters strikes were a critical moment in the American labor movement and we believe the time is long overdue for a memorial.”

FULL story at link.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. About time,finally we Teamster's have our day.

[socialist_n_TN]

2. The Trots of the SWP were very prominent in this action.....

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