Daniel J. Tobin
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Daniel Joseph Tobin was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1907 to 1952. From 1917 to 1928, he was treasurer of the American Federation of Labor.
Tobin (standing)
The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, the major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. The strik
Daniel J. Tobin
…and for not consulting the Executive Council first). Tobin's anti-communism led him to attempt to dismantle Local 574, which had led the successful Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934. The local (led by Carl Skoglund, Farrell Dobbs and the Dunne Brothers) was avowedly Trotskyist, but had successfully led the union through the general…
Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis
Trotskyist leaders Max Shachtman (left) and James P. Cannon following their arrest, July 27, 1934