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Workers' Protest

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Factory workers hold signs as they picket while participating in a strike. A uniformed police officer looks on from the right. The workers are picketing ne...
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IH Workers on Strike

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: International Harvester factory workers hold signs as they picket while participating in a "steel strike" near Tractor Works.
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Farm Equipment Workers Union Mass Meeting

Date: 11 05 1945
Description: Elevated view of members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union meeting in a parking lot of the McCormick Works factory located at the corner of Oakley and Bl...
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Striking Workers Confront Police near McCormick Works

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: View from above of police officers forming a line through striking workers near International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption reads: "Harvest...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Striking workers from the local 18 of United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers, C.I.O. picketing on a wide downtown sidewalk. The men are walking in a circle h...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Members of local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical of the C.I.O. picketing in a small circle on a wide downtown sidewalk. Two men hold signs and one reads, ...
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Support for Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Demonstration march down city street in support of Allis-Chalmers, local 248, strike. Most of the marchers are women. Truck in front with megaphone reads "...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...
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Police at Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Police pushing a group of strikers in front of the factory gate at the Allis-Chalmers strike. On the far right is a man holding a press camera.
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing. Strikers are standing on the cobblestone street and sidewalk holding signs that read "Don'...
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing.
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Lithographers' Strike Vote

Date: 01 10 1949
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.
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Lithographers' Strike Vote Meeting

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Lithographers' Local #7 strike vote meeting held in a large auditorium. A man is standing speaking and every seat in the house is filled.
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Striking Farm Worker Displays Union Button

Date: 1967
Description: Farm worker Conrado Lopez, on strike against Libby, McNeill & Libby, displays his "Huelga! — NFWA" union button with its trademark black eagle symbol in a ...
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Case Strike

Date: 1960
Description: Three men pose together on a picket line at the Case plant. The man in the center holds a sign reading: "Case Local demands justice." The Case eagle on a g...
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William Evans of Fall River Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Fall River Canning Company's president William Evans stands in the center with migrant farm workers around him after their walkout.

Eighty workers of His...

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Migrant Worker Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were...
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Charles Heymanns and Jesus Salas at Strike Rally

Date: 1967
Description: The man standing in a suit and dark tie with glasses to the left is Charles Heymanns, international organizer for AFL-CIO. Seated to his right in a light s...
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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers

Date: 1967
Description: Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wi...
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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station

Date: 1967
Description: Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.

Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe...

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