Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War
Table of Contents
Warning
Introduction
Chapter 1: Apartheid in My Backyard
· Putney School 1964 - My Awakening
Chapter 2: Madison on Fire
· ROTC Gets the Boot
· The Black Eagle
· Black People’s Alliance - On Strike Shut it Down!
· Mifflin Street
· The Union Makes Us Strong
· Weather Antics Disrupt SDS
· The Murder of Chairman Fred
Chapter 3: United Front Against the War
· The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
· Nixon Invades Cambodia - Campuses Erupt - 4 Dead at Kent State
· Intro To BARU - “Someone Took Out Army Math”
· Moving On
Chapter 4: My Introduction to Wage Slavery
· Panther Support
· Especial Assignment
Chapter 5: American Motors - Welcome to the Bigs
Chapter 6: Fighting Speed Up
Chapter 7: Campaign to Rehire Jon & Al
Chapter 8: Learning to Take the Heat but Not Miss a Beat
Chapter 9: Life as a Tannery Rat
· Welcome to Welding 101/Free Ray Mendoza
· Into the Belly of the Beast With The FBI One Step Behind Me
Chapter 10: ‘Thanks, but No Tanks!’
· Menominee Warriors Society
· “On Strike! Shut it Down!”
· If the Offer’s Not Right – We’ll Keep Up the Fight
Chapter 11: Back on the Trim Line – 1008 Days Later
· Workers’ Bicentennial - We’ve Carried the Rich for 200 Years –
Let’s Get Them Off Our Backs
· 200 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!
· 1000 Jobs Out the Door
· Protest at AMC Employment Office
Chapter 12: Hey Kenosha – Here Comes Tribe Milwaukee
· 76 Contract – Wage Freeze & Takeaways Stopped – BUT!
Chapter 13: The Slow Climb to Union Leadership
Chapter 14: ’78 Contract Draws Battle
· September 1978 Contract
· Stewards Club
Chapter 15: ‘Melrod wears a training bra’
Chapter 16: Revitalizing Department Meetings
Chapter 17: Department Meeting Confronts Racist Chief Steward
Chapter 18: Into the Street to Save Our Jobs
· Pre-Contract Showdown with Renault
Chapter 19: 1980 Contract - Renault Looms
Chapter 20: Scab of the Month – ‘What’s a Wohlgemuth?’
Chapter 21: Climbing the Union Ladder
Chapter 22: Mr. Bill Comes to Kenosha
Chapter 23: UWC Crosses the Ocean to France
Chapter 24: Renault Returns for Another Bite of the Apple
Chapter 25: Taking on the International – One Member/One Vote
Chapter 26: Save Fighting Times – Defend Free Speech
· But Was it Frivolous, Too?
· The Trial Begins
· No Sympathy for the Devil
· My Turn in the Witness Chair
· ‘A Terrible Mess’
· Stronger Than Ever
Chapter 27: Time to Lead Local 72
· 50th anniversary of Local 72
Chapter 28: Concessions Take Their Toll
EPILOGUE