Article: Lawyer Berland had role in labor case

Lawyer Berland had role in labor case

By ALAN J. BORSUK aborsuk@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Monday, December 1, 2003

Check into the details of one of Milwaukee's most famous labor disputes and you'll find the name of Jack Berland there.

He was an attorney in 1934 for the union that represented workers at the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. when they struck the then--adamantly anti-union company. The strike brought thousands of supporters into the street in "riot proportions," as local historian John Gurda wrote in 1999. The company agreed to a settlement that was a total victory for organized labor, Gurda wrote.

Berland worked as a streetcar conductor while going to law ...

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