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United Farmworkers Union Protest Signs

Date: 1969
Description: Hand-lettered protest signs and United Farm Workers (UFW) paper flags taped to a concrete wall in response to an official posting by the Fall River Canning...
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Fall River Canning Company Posting to Striking Workers

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of a notice posted by the Fall River Canning Company in response to striking workers. The left notice is posted in English and on the right is Spa...
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Chicago Pickle Company Advertisement

Date: 1954
Description: A job advertisement published in the "Waushara Argus" seeking men and women over the age of 16 to work at the Chicago Pickle Company.

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Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa...
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Migrant Barracks

Date: 1969
Description: Clothes hanging and drying on clotheslines in front of migrant workers' barracks. Libby McNeil and Libby Company was a major employer of migrant farm worke...

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