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Hard-pressed in the Heartland:

The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement
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South End Press, 1993 - History - 135 pages
Tells the heartbreaking but empowering story of a spirited local union trying to resist management's drive for concessions in the Hormel Strike.
  

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Contents

Acknowledgements
1
P9s Militant Predecessor
27
The Honnel Strike
45
Solidarity and Struggle
61
CounterAttack and Defeat
75
Looking Forward
91
Chronology of the Hormel Conflict
113
Selected Bibliography
127
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About the author (1993)

Rachleff is professor and chairperson of the History Department at Macalester College, where he has taught since 1982.

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