An Illustrated History of American Labor #14

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James R. Hoffa, left, and Dave Beck at a union board meeting. When asked about his preferences as to his successor as Teamsters' President, Beck says, "Hoffa would be a very good man."

An Illustrated History of American Labor #13

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New York -- This is a view of the city room at the New York Herald Tribune, as a strike of the photo engravers union went on through its fifth day. The strike began when about 400 photo engravers, who make the engravings which reproduce photos and advertising illustrations, walked out of three morning and three afternoon papers on December 28th. The Herald Tribune, suspended publication voluntarily the night of December 30th, becoming the seventh to halt. The Herald Tribune staff reports as usual, ready to "roll the presses" as soon as the strike ends. Publishers and union negotiators recessed their joint session on December 2nd with no settlement in sight and a meeting slated for the next day. (1953)

When Legends Gather #468An Illustrated History of American Labor #12

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Los Angeles -- The Screen Writers Guild strike brings motion picture and television production very nearly to a halt. Several famous writers are shown here picketing at the 20th Century-Fox Studios; including Richard Brooks, Bo Goldman, Gore Vidal and Billy Wilder (1981)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #11

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Sit Downers Hail 'Armistice Day.'

Flint -- Sit down strikers at the Cadillac and Fleetwood Plants here, led by a band playing "Hail to the Victors", march jubilantly from the plants after a truce had been declared permitting negotiation between G. M. officials and members of the United Automobile Workers of America. General Motors is determined however not to surrender exclusive collective bargaining rights for employees to the United Automobile workers. (1937)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #10

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New York -- A striker points out something of interest to Rev. John M. Corridan, S.J., Associate Director of the Xavier School and adviser to dock strikers. The Rev. Corridan, a recognized expert in labor, said the Wildcat Dock Strike is largely a revolt against Joseph P. Ryan and the racketeers and mobsters along the waterfront. The Rev. also predicted that even if strikers return to work "an explosion is brewing on the waterfront which will make this strike seem like a picnic." (1951)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #9

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Detroit -- This display of Red Literature including the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, a target pellet gun and Yugoslavian passport issued to James Petroff, address unknown, were alleged to have been found in a car Petroff was driving while said by police to have been trailing in the Strikebound Square D Electrical Equipment Company. Four other men riding with Petroff were also arrested and held for questioning as the strike entered its 100th day. The strikers were members of the Independent Electrical Workers Union, which was ousted from the CIO five years prior on charges of Communist domination. (1954)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #8

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Sixteen women textile strike pickets, imprisoned with 112 men by Georgia National Guardsmen on charges of trying to keep workers from entering a cotton mill at Newnan, GA, are shown eating their dinner at their prison camp near Atlanta. They were members of the strikers' "Flying Squadrons" which traveled from mill to mill urging workers to leave their machines. (1934)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #7

Massachusetts State Police troopers march into Boston to replace striking city Police (1919)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #6

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Cadillac Salesmen Go On Strike.

New York -- A group of smartly dressed Cadillac salesmen are shown picketing a Cadillac salesroom at 57th and Broadway today in one of New York's strangest strikes. Tthe strikers delivered an angry verbal blast against the Cadillac Division General Managers for allegedly circulating reports that some of them make as much as $40,000 a year. The strikers' major complaints concern such grievances as no fixed hours, no holidays, no paid vacations, no welfare benefits and no pension plans. (1955)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #5

A strike by Actors' Equity douses the lights of Broadway (1960)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #4

Marie Dressler and New York chorus girls protest the inequities of Actors Equity (1919)

Artists in Action #318An Illustrated History of American Labor #3

Jerry Lewis walks a picket line at Universal Studios as a member of the
Writer's Guild of America (1973)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #2

Club wielding police charge a picket line at the Gera Mills in Passaic, New Jersey;
injuring man, woman and child alike (1926)

An Illustrated History of American Labor #1

Five policemen remove a wounded man from the South Chicago plant of Republic
Steel; scene of a vicious battle between workers (four killed; nearly one hundred
injured), local police and hired vigilantes (1937)