Phil Cohen was a legendary labor organizer leading successful campaigns in the open-shop South. Charged with galvanizing a local that had lost its edge and accepted defeat, he would find ways to fire up the rank-and-file and lead them in collective actions that brought the corporate bosses to the bargaining table. Phil became one of the labor movement’s foremost experts at defeating professional union busters, earning the nickname Ninja Phil for his lightning strikes and fiery pamphlets.
Phil Cohen was a legendary labor organizer leading successful campaigns in the open-shop South. Charged with galvanizing a local that had lost its edge and accepted defeat, he would find ways to fire up the rank-and-file and lead them in collective actions that brought the corporate bosses to the bargaining table. Phil became one of the labor movement’s foremost experts at defeating professional union busters, earning the nickname Ninja Phil for his lightning strikes and fiery pamphlets.