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Legal Counsel before WERC Hearing
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Jesus Salas, left, is leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm workers' union. In the center, legal counsel David Loeffler and on the right, Gary Marsack. They are at a hearing before Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) in Milwaukee.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Justice," images from the migrant farm worker struggle including an independent oganizing effort in Wisconsin and the nationwide grape boycott movement started by Cesar Chavez of United Farm Workers during the 1960s and 1970s.Asistencia legal ante la audiencia con WERCJesús Salas, a la izquierda, es el líder de Obreros Unidos, un sindicato para trabajadores emigrantes en Wisconsin. En el centro, prestando asesoría legal David Loeffler y a la derecha, Gary Marsack. Están en una audiencia con la comisión de relaciones laborales o Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) en Milwaukee. Esta fotografía es parte de la serie "Lucha por la Justicia" tomada por David Giffey, originario de Wisconsin, las imágenes muestran la lucha de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes incluyendo un esfuerzo independiente organizado en Wisconsin y el movimiento nacional del boicot de uvas empezado por Cesar Chávez de la unión de campesinos o United Farm Workers durante los años 1960 y 1970.
1967
Giffey, David
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La Voz Headlines
September 1969
Piles of "La Voz Mexicana" (The Mexican Voice) newspapers at the Wautoma office of Obreros Unidos (United Workers). The headline says, "Hartford Contract is Unfair," referring to the cannery worker...
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' ...
Migrant Barracks
1969
Clothes hanging and drying on clotheslines in front of migrant workers' barracks. Libby McNeil and Libby Company was a major employer of migrant farm workers in the area. In 1968, workers in Hartfo...
Jesus Salas and John Schmitt
1967
On the right, Jesus Salas, leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union. On the left, John Schmitt, president of the AFL-CIO. They are sitting in a meeting.Strik...
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 ...
Jesus Salas at Industrial Commission Hearing
1966
Jesus Salas, seated at left, is with workers at one of six Industrial Hearings in Wisconsin. The Waushara County Courthouse hearing discussed the issue of paying minimum wages to migrant farm work...
