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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station
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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 1960s.Unos trabajadores se congregan en un puesto de recibimiento de pepinoUnos trabajadores se congregan en una estación de recibimiento de pepino después de hacer huelga. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.
1967
Giffey, David
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Jesus Salas and John Schmitt
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Migrant Worker at Wautoma Rally
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Close-up portrait of a migrant farm worker listening to speeches at an Oberos Unidos (United Workers) pre-march rally at Waushara Courthouse. The march was led by Jesus Salas to express the demands...
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A crowd of migrant workers listening to speakers at an Obreros Unidos (United Workers) rally in front of the Wautoma Courthouse. The rally's purpose is to announce the demands of migrant farm worke...
