RE: https://mastodon.social/@MplsPhotoBot/116239920962982895

Looked this one up and the workers at this place went to the Teamsters Local 574, who helped them organize and go on strike (as is the case with most Minneapolis strikes between 1934 and 36), and subsequently join the grain millers union. The strike lasted 10 weeks. It included a 5 day sit-down strike in the plant where 40 workers were arrested. Non-partisan league (famous for "penny auctions" - look it up) legal defense helped the arrested workers. The workers won raises from 2 1/2 cents an hour to 5 cents, overtime, seniority.

#Minneapolis #LaborHistory #Unions #Strike #Teamsters #BCTGM

The Elf's Lament:

#MashupRegularSongsAndHolidaySongs
#HashtagGames
#Christmassongs

As the #BarenakedLadies sang in 2004
"Never in existence has there been such a resistance
To ideas meant to free us."

I added images from 2021's #Strike on #Kelloggs by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union workers.
#BCTGM made some noise, used their leverage & won!
#UnionStrong #KelloggStrike at Kellogg's
Next step? Unionize elves!

Merry Christmas to the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union members. In 2021 at Kelloggs
You made some noise, used your leverage & won!
As The Barenaked Ladies sang in 2004
"Never in existence has there been such a resistance
To ideas meant to free us."

Unionize elves!
#Union #BCTGM #Strike