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Strike Vote, Louis Allis Co.

Date: 04 1946
Description: Members of Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (Louis Allis Company) cast votes for a strike.
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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On Strike

Date: 11 05 1962
Description: Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits.
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Cutters Protesting a Lockout

Date: 1933
Description: Cutters from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union picket a Reed Brothers Company lockout.
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Swift Company Picketers

Date: 09 09 1956
Description: Striking members of Amalgamated Meatcutters Local 28 picketing at the Swift and Company plant in Chicago.
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Workers on Strike

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: A group portrait near a railroad crossing of striking workers who hold signs with messages, including: "Higher Wages, Not Higher Prices".
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Striking Workers with Signs

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs.
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Crowd of Striking Workers

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Description: View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike. Some hold signs, while one holds an American flag.
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Crowd of Striking Workers

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Description: View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike gathered near a building. Some of them carry signs and a flag.
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Men and Women on Strike

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Description: Striking men and women workers march together carrying signs.
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Women on Strike

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Description: Five striking female workers in headscarves pose together. Men are visible behind them, one of whom carries an American flag.
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Women on Strike

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Description: Two female workers on strike pose together, smiling. Other striking workers, both men and women, are visible behind them.
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Crowd of Workers on Strike

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Description: View from across street of a crowd of workers on strike, gathered in a parking lot near a railroad crossing.
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Striking workers march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Workers on Strike

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Description: A worker on strike marches past four women. He is carrying a sign.
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International Harvester Workers on Strike

Date: 01 30 1941
Description: Elevated view of striking International Harvester factory workers holding signs and an American flag as they stand near the company's Tractor Works.
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Police and CIO Clash

Date: 03 25 1941
Description: Police officer and marchers from a Congress of Industrial Organizations (also known as the Committee of Industrial Organization) union clash outside Intern...
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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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