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UAW-CIO Local 75 Election

Date: 12 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers union, Local 75, line up outside the local's headquarters, 308 E. Center Street, to vote on delegates to the union...
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Anti-Franco Demonstration

Date: 03 1946
Description: CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F...
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Picketers Protesting Economic Exploitation

Date: 11 18 1966
Description: Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop.
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Walter Cappel, CIO Lobbyist

Date: 07 18 1947
Description: Walter Cappel, lobbyist for Wisconsin CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations), is sitting on a "plunder box" watching the State Assembly.
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Farmers Union Member at Courthouse

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Description: Farmers Union member in a courthouse meeting in Alabama.
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Kennedy and Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy meeting with delegates to the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workers Union in the White House rose garden. The labor leader...
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Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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First AFL-CIO Convention

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the first national convention after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Packinghouse District Convention

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Description: An undated photograph of a convention of District 1 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign in the background bears a picture of President Fr...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the side of the Cottage and its corner tower. Part of the covered walkway is on the right. Women, men, and children are walking the...
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May Day Rally

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day rally with a crowd of Union members on the steps of a large stone building. Banners read "United Labor 51st May Day: 1886-1937" "German-American W...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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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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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: A United Public Workers parade/demonstration from an adjacent sidewalk. The line of participants including a horse-drawn wagon stretches into the distance....
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Decorated truck driven by Leonard Greachowiak through downtown in a United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration. The beribboned pickup displays a sign that ...
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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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Two Mayors after a CIO Rally

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Mayor Vincent Totka of Cudahy and Mayor Charles Plotz of South Milwaukee pose for a photograph after greeting a CIO organized rally in South Milwaukee. A l...
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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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