The 1934 Minneapolis General Strike

Film Screening + Discussion

Friday, 8 May at 4pm PST
RSVP + Zoom link: bit.ly/laborsturningpoint

This Friday, join us to watch and discuss the documentary Labor’s Turning Point, about the 1934 Minneapolis General Strike which kicked off the transformation of the Teamsters into an industrial union and helped lay the foundation for the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. This film can help us to answer many important questions for the US labor movement today: Was the January 23 “No Work, No School, No Shopping” action against ICE in Minneapolis a real general strike? How should we respond to UAW President Shawn Fain’s call for a May Day general strike in 2028? What can we do now in our unions to prepare for the type of mass action that can paralyze the economy, deal meaningful blows against the ruling class, and win working class demands? Let’s come together to study this important chapter in US labor history and figure out what lessons it offers us nearly a century later!

Cosponsors: Teamsters Mobilize, Committee for One Fighting Transit Union, Machinists Reform Action Committee + Transit Workers for a Fighting Union