Date: | 1957 |
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Description: | UPWA (United Packinghouse Workers of America) delegates at 1957 convention with Herbert Hill. From left to right are Ollie Webb, Richard Miller, Charles Ha... |
Date: | 05 26 1965 |
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Description: | Jerry Haywood, Donald Lyons, and James Kruger were each named the best member of their various class years. The sheet metal apprentice honorees were select... |
Date: | 12 15 1965 |
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Description: | During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus presents Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters Union... |
Date: | 12 16 1965 |
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Description: | Peter Voeller, secretary treasurer of the Retail Clerks Local 1401, left, and Jack Bretl, labor representative on the United Community Chest are displaying... |
Date: | 04 08 1964 |
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Description: | Part of the crowd of National Farmers Organization demonstrators who assembled near the Oscar Mayer and Company plant as a "show of strength" to get higher... |
Date: | 12 15 1965 |
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Description: | During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus is presenting Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters ... |
Date: | 06 04 1964 |
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Description: | Madison teachers vote to pick the Madison Education Assn. (MEA) as their bargaining agent in contract negotiations with the Madison Board of Education. Onl... |
Date: | 09 2013 |
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Description: | A crowd of men and women standing with fists raised in the air and holding signs at the Union Temple on Labor Day. A number of people in the foreground are... |
Date: | 10 29 1964 |
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Description: | Two politicians and three labor officials are standing behind a campaign sign that says: "Elect Ken Luedtke State Senator." Exchanging greetings are Willia... |
Date: | 09 29 1965 |
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Description: | Three participants in the ninth biennial Madison Building Trade Apprenticeship Competition ceremony are shown looking at the program for the event, held at... |
Date: | 07 03 1964 |
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Description: | Striking members of Meat Cutters Union Local 444 employed at Neesvig's Packing Co. picketing in front of the Park Motor Inn, a customer of the meat process... |
Speakers Bureau |
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Richard L. Pifer is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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Description: | A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating." |
Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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Description: | A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American." |
Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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Description: | Speakers platform for the Jobs Now Rally called by the AFL-CIO at R.F. Kennedy Stadium. The rally was called to draw attention to the problems caused by th... |
Date: | 03 02 1952 |
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Description: | Officers of Local 106, AFL International Typographical Union, were installled at a meeting held in the Madison Labor Temple. Shown left to right, in the fr... |
Photographer David Giffey Captures Details of Migrant Worker Life |
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Learn about migrant worker life in Wisconsin and Texas captured by Wisconsin-born photojournalist David Giffey. |
Lee una breva historia de Lucha por la Justicia para los Trabajadores Agrícolas. |
Beyond Beer and Brats |
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Explore the history of Labor Day celebrations in Wisconsin. |
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