Series

The 1970 postal wildcat

Tara Lee and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor talked about the history of the illegal 1970 wildcat strike of postal workers at a meeting at the Socialism 2011 conference in Chicago in July.

Tara Lee

Our backs were against the wall

A leader of the postal workers' wildcat strike of 1970 describes what happened in this pivotal battle for public-sector workers.

October 18, 2011
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The postal strike’s militant roots

The postal workers' wildcat strike of 1970 had its roots in the civil rights and Black Power movements of the time.

October 20, 2011