Strikes
Following is a partial list of strikes which played a significant role in the history of the Teamsters union:
- 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike - 103 days, 25,000 Teamsters walked out, 21 lives lost
- 1934 Minneapolis strike - Four deaths occurred during this 97-day labor dispute, which turned into a general strike and led to the organization of interstate truckers
- 1967 United Parcel Service - 180 day strike turns into a lockout of 643 drivers
- 1970 Salad Bowl strike - Series of jurisdictional strikes and other actions (August 23, 1970 - June 5, 1975) by the United Farm Workers against the Teamsters that resulted in the enactment of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act
- 1985 National Automobile Transporters Association - 19 days
- 1985 Watsonville cannery strike - 18 months
- 1991 Midwest Motor Express, Bismarck, North Dakota - 32 months
- 1995 Ryder System (September 7 - October 10)
- 1997 United Parcel Service - 16 days (August 4 - August 19)
- 1999-2002 Overnite Transportation - 1,096 (October 24, 1999-October 25, 2002); documented in the film American Standoff
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