Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Work
Filter: Subject of labor unions
Filter: Subject of signs and signboards
Filter: Subject of men
| Date: | 09 23 1946 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Public Workers Strike - Milwaukee members of the United Public Workers, tiring of a series of stalls on their legitimate wage demands, take to the street a... |
| Date: | 08 23 1946 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
| Date: | 07 19 1946 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Herbert March speaking at the "Negro and White, Unite and Fight" rally in -8 F degree weather. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a... |
| Date: | 05 21 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Ray-O-Vac workers from the Battery Workers' Union and Machinists' Union picketing for higher wages, better working conditions, and better pension plan. Ant... |
| Date: | 11 05 1962 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits. |
| Date: | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cutters from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union picket a Reed Brothers Company lockout. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 05 08 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group portrait of thirteen male State representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, taken in front of the Federati... |
| Date: | 03 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A large group of men in overcoats and hats posing together with a sign that reads: "Official British Labor Commission, W.A. Appleton — Joshua Butterworth, ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Raising their right hands, an unidentified group of union members voting at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) convention. |
| Date: | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, at the 1969 AFL-CIO convention. Gorman is seated at a table with other leade... |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: