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TWUA Strike Meeting

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: TWUA officials are shown seated at a table during a strike meeting with picket signs in front of the table. From left to right are business manager Charles...
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AFSCME Executive Board

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees executive board. Thirteen men are sitting around a table.
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AFSCME Executve Board Witnessing Charter Signing

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees executive board witnessing the signing of a charter for the Atlantic City, New Jersey convention...
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AFSCME Speakers

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of speakers at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) summer meeting held at 622 Mendota Court (Beta The...
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Voting at AFL Convention

Date: 1954
Description: Raising their right hands, an unidentified group of union members voting at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) convention.
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AMCBWNA Reps at CLUW Convention

Date: 1974
Description: Delegates from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen union at the convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
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AMCBWNA Convention

Date: 1952
Description: Leaders of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters parade at their annual convention.
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Farmer-Labor Unity Meeting Speakers

Date: 03 18 1944
Description: Six of the speakers for the farmer-labor "unity meeting" held at the Loraine Hotel; left to right: N.R. Johnson, head of the Railway Brotherhoods; Claude R...
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Contract Bargaining

Date: 1961
Description: Heated contract negotiations of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
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Contract Negotiations

Date: 1961
Description: Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with head in hands, exhibits obvious fatigue and frustration during the 1961 Armou...
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Joint Labor Negotiations

Date: 1962
Description: Frank Gorman of the Amalgamated Meatcutters union, and James Hoffa of the Teamsters, signing an agreement to bargain cooperatively with the F.M. Stamper Co...
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James L. Farmer, Jr.

Date: 1963
Description: James L. Farmer, Jr. of CORE, speaking at a national conference of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. James Leonard Farmer, Jr. was a civil rights...
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Early CIO Session at Highlander

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie....
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Man Holding Baby at Farmers Union Workshop

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Description: Two men sitting, one holding a baby in his arms, attending a Farmers Union Workshop.
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Annual CIO Convention

Date: 1944
Description: Southern CIO regional directors and other CIO officials meet during the CIO convention to plan a CIO term at Highlander. Myles Horton is in the lower right...
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Milwaukee Labor Leader

Date: 05 1965
Description: Matthew A Pinter, business agent of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 248 of Milwaukee, speaks from the floor during a district union convention...
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Ted Kennedy

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Description: Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts at a breakfast meeting with a group of labor leaders.
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Patrick Gorman

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Description: Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, with Hilton Hanna, of Madison, Wisconsin, also a leader in that interna...
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Philip Murray at the UPWA Convention

Date: 05 1950
Description: Philip Murray (dark suit in the center of the photo), the president of the CIO, being escorted to the podium to speak to the annual convention of the Unite...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. at Wage Policy Conference

Date: 10 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr., during his appearance at the United Packinghouse Workers of American Wage-Policy Conference. With him are Russell Lasley (left), ...

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