Carl Skoglund: lifelong communist, ‘old guard’ union fighter
![Minneapolis Teamsters Local 544’s executive board meeting in November 1937. From left, Farrell Dobbs, Grant Dunne, Carl Skoglund, V.R. Dunne, Miles Dunne, Jack Smith, Bill Brown. Skoglund, Cannon said, “played a big role” in victorious 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strikes.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Local-544-executive-board-8811-300x203.jpg)
…And later he was elected president of Local 544. … I personally remember Carl best and most affectionately and most gratefully for the quiet, unobtrusive things he did to help…
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…And later he was elected president of Local 544. … I personally remember Carl best and most affectionately and most gratefully for the quiet, unobtrusive things he did to help…
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…to read and write during the 1961 literacy campaign. He later joined Cuba’s volunteer mission in the Congo, responding to a call by the revolutionary government. “At the moment I…