Truck drivers -- Labor unions -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
18 Union and Socialist Leaders Have Lost Their Freedom...., 1944
"15 of the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Union Local 544-CIO and of the Socialist Workers Party are shown marching to jail in Minneapolic on Dec. 31 to begin serving their twelve to sixteen month prison sentences...."
Free the 18, 1944-06
"Free the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Local 544-CIO and the Socialist Workers Party now behind prison bars, sentenced under the anti-labor Smith 'gag' Act." Announcement flyer for a radio address, "Free Speech and Labor's Rights" presented by James T. Farrell on WEVD-Radio.
Letter from James T. Farrell (Chairman) to Friends, 1944
"Dear Friend: When the 18 Minneapolis union and socialist leaders were placed behind prison bars on Decembver 31st, Roger Baldwin, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union declared: This imprisonment nevewr should have taken place...."
Pamphlet, 1944
Single page of a pamphlet which lists National Committee members, list of unions supporting the Minneapolic Case, and what YOU can do to help free the "18".