Date: | 03 22 1948 |
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Description: | Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov... |
Date: | 11 05 1962 |
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Description: | Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a woman spanking a young boy... |
Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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Description: | Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol... |
Date: | 10 1946 |
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Description: | Members of the United Automobile Workers Auxilary #2 preparing literature for the political campaign of E.V. Bobrowicz. Bobrowicz, an officer of the Fur an... |
Date: | 1973 |
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Description: | Huet Freeman of the Southern Mutual Help Association of Louisiana and two of his children after winning three-quarters of a million dollars for farm worker... |
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Description: | United Packinghouse Workers of American representative Bruce Nolan (seated on the stool) speaks to workers at the White Packing Company which had refused t... |
Date: | 02 11 1949 |
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Description: | Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president... |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Charles Hayes (fourth from the right), an officer of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with the UPWA delegation to the march. |
Date: | 1965 |
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Description: | Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations. The use of low wage workers led to con... |
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Description: | View toward a small log cabin on the left, with three women further down on the trail along the right. Above this trail are steps leading up a steep hill. ... |
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Description: | Elevated view of two couples walking on a trail. A lake is is the background, along with log cabins. A canoe with three people is in the background. |
Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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Description: | May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone... |
Date: | 01 10 1949 |
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Description: | Women casting ballots at the Lithographers' Local #7 Strike vote. The ballot box is on a stage at the front of a large crowded room. |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Studio group portrait of men on the Champion Base Ball team. Most of the men are identified. |
Date: | 01 1944 |
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Description: | A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group." |
Date: | 01 1951 |
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Description: | Several men are seated at a table, some of them filling out forms. Others people are in the background. Caption reads: "U.S. delegates registering at ICFTU... |
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