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Briggs, Salas Nelson

Date: 1904-05-27
County: Dunn
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Ford Dealership

Date: 
Description: The Schultz Ford dealership located on State Highway 73 & 21 next to the Salas restaurant.
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Salas Interpreting for Workers' Compensation

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of w...
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Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...
Feature Story

Jesús Salas

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Jesús Salas, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
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Jesus Salas Addresses Rally Crowd

Date: 1966
Description: Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is...
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Jesus Salas and John Schmitt

Date: 1967
Description: On the right, Jesus Salas, leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union. On the left, John Schmitt, president of the AF...
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Elderly Farm Worker Taking Oath

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of w...
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Jesus Salas at Industrial Commission Hearing

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, seated at left, is with workers at one of six Industrial Hearings in Wisconsin. The Waushara County Courthouse hearing discussed the issue of...
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Charles Heymanns and Jesus Salas at Strike Rally

Date: 1967
Description: The man standing in a suit and dark tie with glasses to the left is Charles Heymanns, international organizer for AFL-CIO. Seated to his right in a light s...
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Farm Worker Gives Oath

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, center, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of ...
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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers

Date: 1967
Description: Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wi...
Book or Pamphlet

A first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. Young leaders founded Obreros Unidos (Workers United) to fight for fairness and respect, and to provide services to migrant families.

Price: $24.95
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Salas Addresses Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas addresses a rally at a podium in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Behind him are marchers who began the march from Wautoma and walked to M...
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Wautoma WERC Hearing

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers testify at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) hearing after a strike in Bancroft. Seated on the left is Obreros Unid...
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Salas and Sanchez Leading March to Madison

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: 30 marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) march from Wautoma to Madison on Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food industry corporatio...
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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Panel

Date: 1969
Description: John Schmitt, AFL CIO president; Manuel Salas, labor contractor for Libby, McNeil and Libby; Cesar Chavez and Eliseo Medina sit together on a panel in Milw...
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Legal Counsel before WERC Hearing

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, left, is leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm workers' union. In the center, legal counsel David Loeffler and o...
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Rev. Barry Shaw

Date: 1966
Description: Reverend Barry Shaw, of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, speaks at the microphone addressing a rally in Wautoma. Behind him are Jesus Salas and Salvador ...
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Obreros Unidos Office

Date: 1968
Description: At the center of the photograph, in hat, is Manuel Salas. One is Father Michael Garrigan, dressed in black. Chuck Miller is shown at left, and Father Mich...

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