Fighting for Total Person Unionism: Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and Working-Class Citizenship (Working Class in American History)

Synopsis

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. 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. Robert Bussel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.