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Elderly Farm Worker Taking Oath
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Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of working conditions in Wisconsin's agricultural and manufacturing industries. To the immediate left of Salas is a farm worker giving an oath to be sworn in to file claims for workmen's compensation at the Obreros Unidos office.Trabajador agrícola de edad avanzada tomando su juramentoJesús Salas, a la derecha, es el líder de Obreros Unidos, un grupo chicano a favor de los derechos de los trabajadores emigrantes que empezó en los años 1960 para mejorar las condiciones laborales en las industrias agrícolas y manufactureras en Wisconsin. Inmediatamente a la izquierda de Salas está un obrero agrícola dando su juramento para poder presentar reclamos de compensación de trabajadores en la oficina de Obreros Unidos.
1967
Giffey, David
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Farm Worker Swearing In
1967
A farm worker, facing camera, is sworn in before filing a claim for worker’s compensation at the Obreros Unidos union office in Wautoma in 1967. A volunteer union lawyer, back to camera, is adminis...
Farm Worker Gives Oath
1967
Jesus Salas, center, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of working conditions in Wisconsin's agricult...
Salas Interpreting for Workers' Compensation
1967
Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of working conditions in Wisconsin's agricultu...
Migrant Worker at Wautoma Rally
1966
Close-up portrait of a migrant farm worker listening to speeches at an Oberos Unidos (United Workers) pre-march rally at Waushara Courthouse. The march was led by Jesus Salas to express the demands...
Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally
1966
Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara Courthouse. Above him hangs a National Farm...
Jesus Salas Addresses Rally Crowd
1966
Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is both grouped behind him on steps and stan...
