Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly tells the story of one of the greatest heroes of the American working class. A brilliant union organiser and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher (1890 - 1949) was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member of the IWW during its heyday. Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW's Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful interracial union of its era, taking a principled stand against all forms of xenophobia and exclusion.
| ISBN: | 9781629638324 |
| Publication date: | 25th February 2021 |
| Author: | Peter Cole |
| Publisher: | PM Press an imprint of Pm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology |