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Author:
Bussel, Robert, 1951- author.
Title:
Fighting for total person unionism : Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and working-class citizenship / Robert Bussel.
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Gibbons, Harold J.,--1910-
Calloway, Ernest,--1909-1989.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America.
Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
Working class--United States--History.
Equality--United States--History.
Labor movement--United States--History.
Biography.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Coming up the hard way -- 2. "Apostles of a New Order" -- 3. Able and militant fighters for workers -- 4. "A Bunch of Fellows Who Have Taken the Declaration of Independence Seriously" -- 5. "The Most Powerful Union in America"-- 6. "Those Fellows Back There Actually Hate You" -- 7. "The Other Sixteen Hours" -- 8. "A Hell of a Whipping" -- 9. "A Planned Social Revolution" -- 10. "A Trade Union Oriented War on the Slums" -- 11. "Fuck Him, He Wasn't With Us"
Summary:
Examines the efforts of two labor leaders working with Teamsters Local 688 in St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s to lead their "citizen members" in battles for urban revitalization, improved public services, and the advancement of racial and economic justice.
Series:
The working class in American history.
ISBN:
0252081048
9780252081040
0252039491
9780252039492
OCLC:
(OCoLC)905970035
LCCN:
2015005245
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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