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Poster

Kohler Strike Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Poster urging the boycott of Kohler Company plumbing products, printed by striking Federal Labor Union No. 18545 in late 1934. Because the Company refused...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

MIchael Troiber

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Michael Troiber, co-defendant with Thomas Kidd in a conspiracy trial related to the Oshkosh woodworkers strike of 18...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Thomas I. Kidd

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Thomas Kidd, defendant in a conspiracy case related to the Oshkosh lumber strike.
Book or Pamphlet

WEAC "Pull Together" Logo

Date: 1974
Description: Logo on a Wisconsin Education Association Council brochure related to the Hortonville teachers strike.
Manuscript

May Day Rally Flyer

Date: 1974
Description: Flyer advertising a May Day rally in support of public workers to be held at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Local public worke...
Magazine or Periodical

We The People: Hortonville Strike

Date: 1974
Description: Front page of the labor newspaper We The People. The issue is dedicated to the teachers strike in Hortonville and features a drawing of people march...
Poster

Support Hortonville Teachers

Date: 04 1974
Description: Poster advertising a picket and rally in support of striking Hortonville teachers to be held at the State Department of Public Instruction building at 126 ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Pinkerton Labor Spy

Date: 1907
Description: Cover of the book The Pinkerton Labor Spy by Morris Friedman. The book was a work of non-fiction detailing the use of spies during labor disputes b...
Poster

Huelga

Date: 
Description: Poster with "NFWA" (National Farm Workers Association) under a symbol of an eagle. At the bottom is "Huelga."
Poster

Newspaper Strike Support Rally and Community Picket

Date: 
Description: Poster with an image of people striking in front of The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal building. Text reads: Sunday, November 6 — 3 P.M. In the ...
Poster

What's At Steak?

Date: 
Description: Poster with an illustration of people protesting, with the words: "Decent Wages," "Safety," above a cow in the center that has sections with labels that re...
Poster

Join the Boycott! Don't Buy Gallo Wines.*

Date: 
Description: Poster features a photograph of people holding signs that read: "NFWA (National Farm Workers Association) Huelga" and include the eagle symbol. Text along ...
Document

Western Union Telegram to W. Green

Date: 07 12 1934
Description: Telegram received July 13 reads: "WM Green, President of American Federation of Labor = A F OF L BLDG WASHDC = Answer of Kohler Company to latest demands o...
Photograph

Western Union Telegram to W. Green

Date: 07 28 1934
Description: Telegram received July 28 reads: "WM Green = A F L BLD = Two dead, 39 shot in Kohler strike by four to five hundred deputies, troops coming, agreed to by u...
Document

North Chicago Rolling Mills at Bay View

Date: 
Description: Illustration of the rolling mills, with text below that reads: "On the morning of May 4th, 3,000 strikers marched on the rolling mills of Bay View. Governo...
Poster

Labor History Week

Date: 1960
Description: Poster with black ink on white background for Labor History Week with an illustration at the bottom of a man standing near a sign that reads: "On Strike." ...

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