Road Not Taken: Dissident Teamsters and the End of the New Deal Order, 1969-1980

dc.contributor.advisorBussel, Bob
dc.contributor.authorYamazaki, Moeko
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T19:30:34Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T19:30:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates how the rank-and-file members of the Teamsters Union reacted to the economic crisis of the 1970s. I argue that they countered a variety of social and economic problems of the era with the tools of union reform as they adhered to the ideal of unionism throughout the decade. When their movements, which were scattered around the United States, came together, they showed a steady belief in rank-and-file unionism modeled upon the Depression-era labor upsurge. However, they struggled to find a balance between the egalitarian ideology of class-solidarity and the pragmatic focus on truckers, who were exclusively white men. As a result, although racial and gender equity was always one of their goals, they could not present a more inclusive form of unionism. I conclude that the movement which aimed for the expansion of postwar liberalism turned into a vehicle for working-class white men to protect their privileges.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24937
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectcannery workersen_US
dc.subjectInternational Brotherhood of Teamstersen_US
dc.subjectNew Deal liberalismen_US
dc.subjectTeamters for a Democratic Unionen_US
dc.subjecttransportation workersen_US
dc.titleRoad Not Taken: Dissident Teamsters and the End of the New Deal Order, 1969-1980
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of History
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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