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Author Rachleff, Peter J.

Title Hard-pressed in the heartland : the Hormel strike and the future of the labor movement / Peter Rachleff.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : South End Press, c1993.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  331.8928649 R114h 1993    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st ed.
Description 135 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Roots of a labor war -- [ch.] 1. U.S. labor in the 1980s --[ch.] 2. P-9's militant predecessor -- pt. 2. The Hormel Strike -- [ch.] 3. Revitalizing the local union -- [ch.] 4. Solidarity and struggle -- [ch.] 5. Counter-attack and defeat -- pt. 3. Looking forward -- [ch.] 7. The future of the labor movement -- appendix. Chronology of the Hormel Conflict -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Subject Geo. A. Hormel & Company Strike, Austin, Minn., 1985-1986.
United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers. Local 9 (Austin, Minn.)
Strikes and lockouts -- Packing-house workers -- Minnesota -- Austin.
ISBN 0896084507 (paper) : $12.00
9780896084506 (paper)
0896084515 (cloth) : $30.00
9780896084513 (cloth)
Standard No. YDXCP 1016511

 
    
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