Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers
| 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. Behind Sanchez to his left is Jesus Salas, the leader of Obreros Unidos, wearing a black jacket. There is a group of female supporters seated in a row on a fence and a nun standing behind Salas and Sanchez. The workers are preparing a strike. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s. Salvador Sánchez se dirige a unos trabajadores Parado en el cofre de un carro, vistiendo una camisa de manga corta y con lentes de sol está Salvador Sánchez, un organizador para Obreros Unidos, un sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas en Wisconsin. Detrás de Sánchez y a su derecha está Jesús Salas, líder de Obreros Unidos, vistiendo una chaqueta negra. Hay un grupo de mujeres simpatizantes sentadas en una cerca y una monja parada detrás de Salas y Sánchez. Los trabajadores están preparando una huelga. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960. |
| Image ID: | 91872 |
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| Creation Date: | 1967 |
| Creator Name: | Giffey, David |
| City: | Bancroft |
| County: | Portage |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | digital file |
| Original Format Number: | 1114000059 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2931 X 4650 pixels |
| Information Sources for Obreros Unidos: Salas, Jesus and Giffey, David. "Lucha por la justicia: Movimiento de los trabajadores migrantes en Wisconsin = Struggle for Justice: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin." David Giffey, Photos by. Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Labor History Society; 1998. 15 p., and the Wisconsin Labor History website. The donor retains copyright to these images until January 1, 2030; any public use of these materials requires permission from the copyright holder with the exception of the persons named on the Statement of Gift dated July 6, 2011. |
| Agriculture |
| Unions (labor) |
| Organizations |
| Coats |
| Eyeglasses |
| Hats |
| Sunglasses |
| Crowds |
| Hispanic Americans |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Civil rights |
| Automobiles |
| Strikes and lockouts |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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