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Wautoma WERC Hearing

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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' union leader, Jesus Salas, testifying to the three men seated on an elevated bench to his right. In front of Salas is a man holding a microphone towards the bench to record the hearing. To his right is a woman with her head turned away from the camera and typing notes on a stenograph machine. There are papers scattered on the desk in front of her.Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s.Audiencia de WERC en WautomaTrabajadores agrícolas emigrantes testifican ante una audiencia con el comité de relaciones laborales o Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) después de una huelga en Bancroft. Sentado a la derecha está el líder de Obreros Unidos, un sindicato para los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes, Jesús Salas, que está testificando ante los tres hombres sentados en una banca elevada hacia su derecha. Enfrente de Salas está un hombre deteniendo un micrófono hacia la banca para grabar la audiencia. Hacia su derecha está una mujer con su cabeza volteada alejada de la cámara y tomando notas en su máquina de estenografía. Hay papeles regados en el escritorio enfrente de ella. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.

Date Created:
1967
Creator:
Giffey, David

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Creator Giffey, David
Date Created 1967

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Source Collection South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000
Call Number 1114000058

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0144W1
Legacy ID
WHi 91869

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