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"Hard-Pressed in the Heartland". This book details the story of the strike of local P-9 against The Hormel Meat Packing Company. In the analysis of the P-9 strike, the author downplays the dismal outcome of the strike and concentrates on what he sees as the positive aspects of defeat. discuss the following:

1 - Why did the strike take place? What was it that caused the workers to strike?

2 - What factors worked against the strikers that caused them to be defeated?

3 - What roles did their International Union, Hormel, and State and Local Government play in P-9's defeat?

4 - How does the author, Peter Rachleff, see this as a victory? What evidence does he present for his case that this is a "win" for the future of labor?

5 - What role, according to the author, will organized labor play in the future? Do you feel it will be as broad-based as the author feels?