The Press and the Class Struggle
Against The Current vol. 131
Eidlin, Barry
http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/1181
Date Written: 2007-11-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2007
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13348
Early on the morning of August 19, 1997, the U.S. labor movement experienced something it had rarely known in recent years: a victory on a national scale. After two weeks out on strike, over 185,000 members of the Teamsters Union had reached a contract settlement with shipping giant United Parcel Service. It was hard to paint it as anything other than a win for the union. On almost every major issue, the Teamsters were able to force UPS to agree to their demands.
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