Photograph
Bill Smith and Mark Erenberg
On the left, Bill Smith, administrative assistant for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), the Wisconsin migrant farm workers' union. On the right, Mark Erenberg, an economist. They are at a hearing. Both men advocated for better working conditions for migrant farm workers. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s. |
Image ID: | 92054 |
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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: | 1114000064 |
Original Dimensions: | 4615 X 3006 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 |
Clothing and dress |
Suits (Clothing) |
African Americans |
Indoor photography |
Men |
Meetings |
Civil rights |
Migrant labor |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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