Today in 1930 A 17-year-old Jimmy Hoffa leads his co-workers at a Kroger warehouse in Clinton, Ind., in a successful job action: by refusing to unload a shipment of perishable strawberries, they forced the company to give in to their demands.
• Rail Teamsters secure new contracts • Machines don’t pay their dues • Meatworkers reach tentative agreement with JBS • Union strike against automation takes center stage • New twist in Teamsters nurses strike, but still no end • Maryland passes state ban on captive audience meetings • IAM union outraged by Apple’s intent to close Towson, Md., store • Amazon Teamsters urge passage of Delivery Protection Act in NYC • U.S. workers want union representation—we need politicans who will respect that • Two-day shipping, zero accountability?
