click zoom to display a high-res image
Migrant Worker Meeting
Image
Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s.Junta de trabajadores emigrantesTrabajadores emigrantes en una junta después de una huelga en Bancroft, Wisconsin. Cuatro hombres con sombreros están parados enfrente de una letrina para mujeres. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por el sindicato local de trabajadores agrícolas, Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.
1967
Giffey, David
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W014DIM
WHi 91711
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers
1967
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 Wisconsin migrant farm workers' union. Behin...
Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station
1967
Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1...
Charles Heymanns and Jesus Salas at Strike Rally
1967
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 striped shirt is Jesus Salas, leader of Obr...
Wautoma WERC Hearing
1967
Migrant farm workers testify at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) hearing after a strike in Bancroft. Seated on the left is Obreros Unidos (United Workers) migrant farm workers' ...
Strikers Leaving Field
1967
Migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field to strike. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in ...
Bancroft Obreros Unidos Strikers
August 24, 1967
Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the State. They are waiting for the results of ...
