Farm Worker Swearing In | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Farm Worker Swearing In

Farm Worker Swearing In | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A farm worker, facing camera, is sworn in before filing a claim for worker’s compensation at the Obreros Unidos union office in Wautoma in 1967. A volunteer union lawyer, back to camera, is administering the oath. The worker’s compensation claims filed by Obreros Unidos members were the first such claims filed in Wisconsin on behalf of migrant farm workers.<p>Toma de juramento de un trabajador agrícola<p>Un obrero agrícola en presencia de un voluntario está dando su juramento para poder presentar reclamos de compensación de trabajadores en la oficina de Obreros Unidos. Obreros Unidos, es un grupo chicano a favor de los derechos de los trabajadores emigrantes que empezó en los años 1960 para mejorar las condiciones laborales en las industrias agrícolas y manufactureras en Wisconsin.</p>
DESCRIPTION
A farm worker, facing camera, is sworn in before filing a claim for worker’s compensation at the Obreros Unidos union office in Wautoma in 1967. A volunteer union lawyer, back to camera, is administering the oath. The worker’s compensation claims filed by Obreros Unidos members were the first such claims filed in Wisconsin on behalf of migrant farm workers.

Toma de juramento de un trabajador agrícola

Un obrero agrícola en presencia de un voluntario está dando su juramento para poder presentar reclamos de compensación de trabajadores en la oficina de Obreros Unidos. Obreros Unidos, es un grupo chicano a favor de los derechos de los trabajadores emigrantes que empezó en los años 1960 para mejorar las condiciones laborales en las industrias agrícolas y manufactureras en Wisconsin.

RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:92479
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:1114000077
Original Dimensions:3093 X 4583 pixels
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Information about Wisconsin grape boycotts and labor movement from: 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.
SUBJECTS
Agriculture
Unions (labor)
Clothing and dress
Food industry and trade
Oaths
Hispanic Americans
Immigrants
Indoor photography
Men
Civil rights
Migrant labor
Offices

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