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Food workers of New York City unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains! We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years unearths the forgotten history of militant worker organizing in New York City’s hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and bakeries. From the wildcat waiters’ strikes of 1912 and 1918, to independent, industrial organizing in the cafeterias and hotels. From Communist Party agitation and organization to the American Federation of Labor’s racketeering trial. From the waitress in the cafeteria, to the driver at the biscuit factory, We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years presents a detailed history of New York City food worker organizing, written by a food worker, for food workers and about food workers. 234 pages.