Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
Date: | 09 23 1946 |
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Description: | Public Workers Strike - Milwaukee members of the United Public Workers, tiring of a series of stalls on their legitimate wage demands, take to the street a... |
Date: | 12 1946 |
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Description: | Members of the United Automobile Workers union, Local 75, line up outside the local's headquarters, 308 E. Center Street, to vote on delegates to the union... |
Date: | 04 1946 |
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Description: | Del Krause, president of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (second from left) smiles as he and Ken Gorman, vice-president of the local, hand $800 ... |
Date: | 03 1946 |
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Description: | Harnischfeger workers aren't on strike but they do their bit every week to help those who are. This picture was taken at the end of a regular Wednesday mo... |
Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
Date: | 06 1946 |
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Description: | In the Money: The Bronzeville All-Star Bowling Team which finished in the money in the recent Wisconsin state CIO-sponsored bowling tournament. |
Date: | 04 1946 |
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Description: | Striking members of Local 1568, United Steelworkers of America (Milwaukee Steel Division, Grede Foundries), after their arrest on the picket line. Left to ... |
Date: | 09 02 1946 |
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Description: | R.J. Thomas, vice-president UAW-CIO, addresses the crowd at Milwaukee Labor Day celebration, State Fair Park. |
Date: | 10 28 1946 |
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Description: | Striking members of Local 248, United Automobile Workers, discuss strategy outside the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company plant. |
Date: | 04 05 1947 |
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Description: | Bronzeville Bombers just after coming through with a score of 2690, putting them in tenth place in the state CIO tournament on April 5. The five men are a... |
Date: | 10 1946 |
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Description: | Edmund V. Bobrowicz campaigning for Congress in Wisconsin's Fourth Congressional District. Bobrowicz, a worker at Greenebaum's Tannery and organizer for ... |
Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
Date: | 03 1946 |
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Description: | CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F... |
Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
Date: | 04 1946 |
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Description: | Members of Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (Louis Allis Company) cast votes for a strike. |
Date: | 12 11 1954 |
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Description: | Herman Kruse (left) and Ed Papke (right) on the occasion of Papke's retirement. Papke was a founding member of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of Americ... |
Date: | 01 31 1948 |
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Description: | Installation of officers, Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (The Louis Allis Company), South Side Armory Hall. Left to right: Phil Smith, field org... |
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