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Fighting for Total Person Unionism - Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and Working-Class Citizenship (Hardcover)
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Fighting for Total Person Unionism - Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and Working-Class Citizenship (Hardcover)
Series: Working Class in American History
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During the 1950s and 1960s, labor leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest
Calloway championed a new kind of labor movement that regarded
workers as "total persons" interested in both workplace affairs and
the exercise of effective citizenship in their communities. Working
through Teamsters Local 688 and viewing the city of St. Louis as
their laboratory, this remarkable interracial duo forged a dynamic
political alliance that placed their "citizen members" on the front
lines of epic battles for urban revitalization, improved public
services, and the advancement of racial and economic justice.
Parallel to their political partnership, Gibbons functioned as a
top Teamsters Union leader and Calloway as an influential figure in
St. Louis's civil rights movement. Their pioneering efforts not
only altered St. Louis's social and political landscape but also
raised fundamental questions about the fate of the post-industrial
city, the meaning of citizenship, and the role of unions in shaping
American democracy.
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