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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers
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Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wisconsin migrant farm workers' union. Behind Sanchez to his left is Jesus Salas, the leader of Obreros Unidos, wearing a black jacket. There is a group of female supporters seated in a row on a fence and a nun standing behind Salas and Sanchez. The workers are preparing a strike.Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s.Salvador Sánchez se dirige a unos trabajadoresParado en el cofre de un carro, vistiendo una camisa de manga corta y con lentes de sol está Salvador Sánchez, un organizador para Obreros Unidos, un sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas en Wisconsin. Detrás de Sánchez y a su derecha está Jesús Salas, líder de Obreros Unidos, vistiendo una chaqueta negra. Hay un grupo de mujeres simpatizantes sentadas en una cerca y una monja parada detrás de Salas y Sánchez. Los trabajadores están preparando una 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
Publication Information
| Creator | Giffey, David |
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| Date Created | 1967 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
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| Call Number | 1114000059 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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