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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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Servicemen's Honor Roll Plaque

Date: 11 11 1942
Description: Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local...
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Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green

Date: 1943
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, debate a point during a Mutual Broadcasting System ra...
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John L. Lewis

Date: 11 28 1935
Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, speaking.
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Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
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Informational Picket

Date: 1950
Description: Vi Slovin, an employee of the United Packinghouse Workers District One office in Chicago, working after hours to distribute leaflets about the Wilson & Co....
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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt addressing a labor union audience from a podium.
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Union Solidarity

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Description: In this uncaptioned photograph from their archives, members of the United Packinghouse Workers union are seen standing on two sound trucks speaking to the ...
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Union Merger

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Description: Events leading up to the merger of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and the United Packinghouse Workers unions included this appearance by Patrick Gorman of the...
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Farmer-Labor Solidarity in Indiana

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Description: A booth sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America at a fair in Indiana. During the early 1950s UPWA conducted a major outreach effort in the ...
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"Joe Must Go" Petition Signing

Date: 1954
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 40 signing a "Joe Must Go" petition to recall Wisconsin's Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.
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Don't Buy Kohler

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Description: The strike against the Kohler Company, which began in 1954, was one of the longest strikes in American history. Many of the strikers' fellow unionists supp...
Print

Peace On Earth

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the...
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Anthony Earl Speaking to the AFL-CIO

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Description: Governor Anthony S. Earl stands at a podium on a stage. A man sits at a table draped in blue cloth on the left. Behind Earl sit several men in chairs. Some...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...
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Cesar Chavez Speaking

Date: 1975
Description: Cesar Chavez speaking while standing in front of a United Farm Workers banner commemorating the unionization of workers at a flower nursery on October 22, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Dues Book for International Association of Machinists

Date: 1965
Description: Monthly dues stamps on 2 pages of a dues book for the International Association of Machinists.
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Local 326 Installation Ceremony

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Four men are behind a table, one of them standing. A banner in the background includes the logo for the Textile Workers Union of America, and the words "Lo...
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Dixie Story

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a man speaking at a podium and groups of people sitting at tables around the room. A banner suspended from a balcony reads: "Industrial Re...
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Textile Labor Convention

Date: 05 1946
Description: A man stands at a podium, gesturing. A seal on the front of the podium reads: "Atlantic City Audito[rium]." Caption identifies him as William Pollock, gene...

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