Jesus Salas and John Schmitt
On the right, Jesus Salas, leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union. On the left, John Schmitt, president of the AFL-CIO. They are sitting in a meeting. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s. Jesus Salas y John Schmitt A la derecha, Jesús Salas, líder de Obreros Unidos, un sindicato para trabajadores emigrantes en Wisconsin. A la izquierda, John Schmitt, presidente de la AFL-CIO. Están sentados durante una audiencia. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960. |
Image ID: | 92052 |
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Creation Date: | 1967 |
Creator Name: | Giffey, David |
City: | Wautoma |
County: | Waushara |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | digital file |
Original Format Number: | 1114000063 |
Original Dimensions: | 3039 X 3779 pixels |
Information Sources for Obreros Unidos: Salas, Jesus and Giffey, David. "Lucha por la justicia: Movimiento de los trabajadores migrantes en Wisconsin = Struggle for Justice: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin." David Giffey, Photos by. Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Labor History Society; 1998. 15 p., and the Wisconsin Labor History website. |
Agriculture |
Organizations |
Clothing and dress |
Suits (Clothing) |
Hispanic Americans |
Indoor photography |
Men |
Meetings |
Civil rights |
Migrant labor |
Labor unions |
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