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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3009204" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://socialistworker.org/2017/08/04/when-we-beat-the-bosses" target="_blank"><strong>When we beat the bosses - Socialist Worker</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>On the 20th anniversary of the UPS strike, Lee Sustar looks back on the Teamsters' tremendous victory and its continuing significance for unions today.</em></p><p></p><p>IT WAS a risky strike that was bound to lose. That, at least, was the opinion of the bosses--and more than a few top union officials.</p><p></p><p>But when some 185,000 Teamsters union members took to the picket lines at United Parcel Service (UPS) on August 4, 1997, Corporate America was stunned, anti-union politicians were caught flat-footed, and working-class people across the U.S. embraced the struggle as their own.</p><p></p><p>"This isn't just about money," Mike, a part-time worker in Chicago, told Socialist Worker in an interview at a picket-line rally two days into the strike. "This is about taking care of your family, yourself, and making a better life for yourself and your family, and sending a message to these corporations that you cannot treat workers in America--and around the world--like this."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3009204, member: 1"] [URL='https://socialistworker.org/2017/08/04/when-we-beat-the-bosses'][B]When we beat the bosses - Socialist Worker[/B][/URL] [I]On the 20th anniversary of the UPS strike, Lee Sustar looks back on the Teamsters' tremendous victory and its continuing significance for unions today.[/I] IT WAS a risky strike that was bound to lose. That, at least, was the opinion of the bosses--and more than a few top union officials. But when some 185,000 Teamsters union members took to the picket lines at United Parcel Service (UPS) on August 4, 1997, Corporate America was stunned, anti-union politicians were caught flat-footed, and working-class people across the U.S. embraced the struggle as their own. "This isn't just about money," Mike, a part-time worker in Chicago, told Socialist Worker in an interview at a picket-line rally two days into the strike. "This is about taking care of your family, yourself, and making a better life for yourself and your family, and sending a message to these corporations that you cannot treat workers in America--and around the world--like this." [/QUOTE]
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