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Teamster Gross. Since the strikeborn substitutes were unable to employ the total 1,000-man Teamster work force at the increased rates the strikers were demanding, the union simply shut them all down by refusing to make deliveries. Not that some Teamsters fared too badly while they lasted. A state senate investigating committee discovered that seven Teamsters had grossed about $300,000 during the eight weeks they operated a distributing company to circulate the Daily Express. It was also confirmed that other Teamsters had made arrangements to publish the Dispatch before the strike had begun, a situation that Michigan Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newspapers: Striking Rumors | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

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