Events to commemorate 80th anniversary of 1934 strike

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/events-commemorate-80th-anniversary-1934-strike

This 18-minute video by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service, Minneapolis Truckers Make History, connects the struggles of 1934 to today.

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
July 13, 2014

Events planned for four days July 17-20 will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Minneapolis Teamsters strikes of 1934. considered the most significant single labor event in Minnesota history.

Films, music, speeches, a march, a street festival, a picnic and a lecture by the author of a new book about the 1934 strike will be featured. Event organizers also have reached out to descendants of 1934 strikers to include them in 80th anniversary events.

All events will be free and open to the public, except as noted below.

July 20 is the 80th anniversary of “Bloody Friday,” when Minneapolis police shot 67 strikers in the Warehouse District, killing two. The Minneapolis Labor Review reported 100,000 people turned out for the slain workers’ funeral procession. A commission of inquiry appointed by Governor Floyd B. Olson later found that the strikers were unarmed, at no point posed a threat to the police, and were mostly shot in the back. Days later, Governor Olson called out the National Guard and declared martial law.

FULL story at link.

[IrishAyes]

1. Thanks for the OP

At one point early in the labor movement, it was not uncommon for the oligarchs to murder union leaders and even suspected sympathizers, then leave them tied to a fence beside the road for a warning to others. I know damned well they'd do the same today if they thought they could get away with it.