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October 19, 2013 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am
2013-10-19T02:00:00+00:00
2013-10-19T03:30:00+00:00
Where:
OutofLine Social Space (near Adeline & 45th)
4375 Adeline Street
Oakland, CA 94607
USA
4375 Adeline Street
Oakland, CA 94607
USA
The Great 1970 Postal Strike, which shut down the mail system throughout the United States for the better part of a week.
This biggest Wildcat Strike in US history resulted in big gains for postal workers – from poverty-level job to a decent job. What were the conditions that gave rise to the strike? What are the lessons for today? Talk by postal union activist David Welsh, and a short film about the 1970 Postal Strike.
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