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Members of the United Automobile Workers Auxilary #2 preparing literature for the political campaign of E.V. Bobrowicz. Bobrowicz, an officer of the Fur and Leather Workers Union (CIO), defeated incumbent Thaddeus Wasielewski in the Democratic primary. Wasielewski's subsequent decision to run as an Independent in the general election split the Democratic vote and Republican John Brophy was narrowly elected.
October 1946
Eisenscher, Edmund, 1909-1995 (photographer)
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Edmund V. Bobrowicz Campaigning for Congress
October 1946
Edmund V. Bobrowicz campaigning for Congress in Wisconsin's Fourth Congressional District.Bobrowicz, a worker at Greenebaum's Tannery and organizer for the Fur and Leather Workers Union (CIO), defe...
UAW Strikers
November 25, 1946
Striking members of the United Automobile Workers union at the Allis Chalmers plant in West Allis.
Allis-Chalmers Strikers
October 28, 1946
Striking members of Local 248, United Automobile Workers, discuss strategy outside the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company plant.
Allis Chalmers Picketers
November 1, 1946
Members of the United Automobile Workers on strike at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwaukee.
Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries
September 15, 1946
Workers' toilet. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Union (NMU).
UAW Women Preparing Banquet
October 1946
Members prepare a banquet to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of Auxiliary No. 2, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company), October 23, 1946. Executive board member Laura Miller in flow...
