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Labor Beat presents this new video about an internationally-recognized muralist and his response to a big labor victory. To commemorate the historic 1997 Teamster strike victory over UPS, Local 705 at Teamster City in Chicago commissioned Mike Alewitz to paint a mural measuring 130 feet by 20 feet. Alewitz lead a crew of volunteers in creating "Teamster Power/El Poder de los Teamsters." He discusses the strike victory and the mural at a steward' meeting and before delegates to a national Jobs with Justice convention in Chicago. Shows Alewitz and crew working on the powerful, exuberant mural; Alewitz describing the imagery of the mural, which is framed by large portraits of Albert and Lucy Parsons, early heroes of the U.S. labor movement, and features the other Haymarket martyrs, leaders of the 1934 Minneapolis teamster strike, and a striker driven UPS truck clutching in its jaws a bloody tentacle torn from the monster of capitalism. Significance of Teamster history and the union's importance today. Video produced by Steve Dalber, who also produced "Crossborders Mural Project" about UE building mural.
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