1920-1934LABOR UNIONS
LABOR DISPUTE-STRIKE. UNIONS.
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LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE. 3/15/20
LONGSHOREMEN ON COASTWISE SHIPPING GO OUT ON STRIKE. FREIGHT TRAINS WAITING TO BE UNLOADED. ON DOCK. FREIGHT TIEUP IN FRONT OF CLYDE PIERS. STACKED CARGO. POLICE GUARDING PIERS. GROUP OF LABOR DELEGATES, B. CAVANAUGH, W. SMITH, JOHN WELCH, MOORE. GROUP OF LONGSHOREMEN. GOOF FOR THE CAMERA A LITTLE, HORSEPLAY. |
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MACKEREL AT NEW YORK CITY. 8/19/20
PEOPLE ARE BUYING MORE FISH TO BEAT HOL. LOADING BIG FISH ON WAGON. TWO 700 POUND HORSE MACKEREL. CUTTING OFF HEAD OF MACKEREL. HUGE FISH, CHOPPING OFF HEAD. GROSS, GUTS SPILL OUT. FISHING SMACKS ALSO BRING FISH. WEIGHING FISH. FISH BUYERS AT MARKET. PEOPLE GOOF FOR THE CAMERA. CARTING THEIR FISH HOME. WAGONS, PUSHING CART. |
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STENOGRAPHER'S STRIKE. 5/4/20
GIRL STENOGRAPHERS GO OUT ON SYMPATHY STRIKE WITH LONGSHOREMEN. GIRLS PICKETING IN FRONT OF THE FALL RIVER LINE PIERS. |
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SS OLYMPIC IN DOCK. 5/9/22
STEAMSHIP IN DOCK, TAKEN FROM WATER. LOW SHOT UP TO SHIP FROM THE ROPES THAT TIE IT TO THE DOCK. HIGH SHOT FROM FAR DISTANCE, SHOWING BOXES BEING LOADED ON SHIP. WORKERS LOAD CARGO ONTO SHIP. (THE "OLYMPIC" IS THE SISTER SHIP OF THE TITANIC) |
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MISSOURI MULES START JOURNEY TO INDIA. 11/20/27
A BIG CARGO FOR BRITISH COLONIAL TROOPS LEAVVES NEW YORK ON LONG OCEAN TRIP. MULES BEING BEING TRANSPORTED FROM BARGE TO SHIP. BARGE PULLS UP TO SHIP. DONKEYS GO UP GANG PLANK. HIT WITH STICKS. ANIMAL ABUSE. STUBBORN MULE. ANIMALS ON SHIP'S DECK. GO THROUGH CHUTE. HORSE BUTT. ANIMALS SLIP ON HAY. MEN POSE. |
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FISH UNLOADED FROM SHIP. NEW YORK CITY. 1927
ICE ENCRUSTED SHIP. UNLOADING FISH FROM HOLD USING BASKETS. SHIP'S MASTS COVERED IN ICE. WINTER. (NOTE: FULTON FISH MARKET). |
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WILLIAM GREEN. WASHINGTON, D.C. 8/26/29
TALK, SPEECH BY GREEN, PRESIDENT AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. SITTING ON DESK. LABOR-WORKERS RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITY. LEISURE TIME. |
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WILLIAM GREEN, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. WASHINGTON, D.C. 11/21/28.
STANDING AROUND NOT KNOWING THAT THE CAMERA IS RUNNING. SPEECH BY GREEN OUTSIDE WITH OTHER OFFCIALS. READ FROM PAPER. READS NOTICE FROM THE PRESIDENT. NO MOVEMENT TOWARD WAGE REDUCTION. CONSUMING POWER OF THE COUNTRY MAINTAINED. MAINTAIN STABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT. PUTS ON SPECTACLES. CONCERNING SOME SORT OF LABOR DISPUTE. |
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PRESIDENT GREEN OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR SPEAKS. WASHINGTON, D.C. 3/20/34
WILLIAM GREEN TALKS ON AUTOMOBILE STRIKE AND WORKERS. UNION LEANINGS. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FOR WORKERS. |
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BOSTON POLICE RIOT SQUAD. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 5/1/34
RIOT SQUAD HOLDS DEFENSE DEMONSTRATIONS ON MAY DAY TO COUNTERACT COMMUNIST PARADE. POLICE COMMISSIONER EUGENE C. HULTMAN REVIEWING MEN. MOUNTED POLICE CHARGING AND ADVANCING UNDER SMOKE SCREEN. AT ATTENTION. PUT BAYONET ON RIFLE. FIRING RIFLES. |
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DOCK WORKERS STRIKE ON PACIFIC COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 5/11 & 5/13/34
LONSHOREMEN PARADE. MEETING IN CIVIC CENTER. STRIKEBREAKERS GETTING INTO BULLET-SHAPED MOBILE HOME. TOWED INTO BUILDING. DOCK WORKERS DEMANDING 15 CENT INCREASE PER HOUR OVER PRESENT HOURLY RATE OF 85 CENTS. HUGE CROWD OUTSIDE. HOLDING PLACARDS. "DON'T SCAB". MARCHING BAND. "SMASH THE BLACK-LISTING SYSTEM". SOLIDARITY. PICKETS. |
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DOCK STRIKERS BATTLE POLICE. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 7/2-3/34
PICKETS & STRIKING STEVEDORES. TRUCKS WITH POLICE ESCORT. RIOTERS THROWING BRICKS. POLICE DISPERSE CROWD. STRIKERS ATTACKED WITH TEAR BOMBS. BEING ARRESTED. COPS GUARDING PICKET LINES. 2 VICTIMS LYING ON SIDEWALK. POLICE HITTING CIVILIAN. PROTEST. RIOT, VIOLENT CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE. POLICE VIOLENCE. POLICEMEN ON HORSEBACK. TEAR GAS. SCABS GO INTO FACTORY. PEOPLE ON CORNER HELP MAN WHO IS HURT. PEOPLE RUNNING ALL OVER THE STREET. INJURED. DEAD BODY COVERED WITH BLANKET, CARRIED ON STRETCHER INTO TRUCK. SOLDIERS PATROL IN FRONT OF BUILDING. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS. PICKETING. TRADE UNIONS. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 35 06 OVERTURNED TRUCK. TRUCK ON ITS SIDE. |
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VICTIM LYING ON SIDEWALK, MEN COMFORTING HIM. POLICEMAN, CIVILIANS RUBBING EYES WITH HANDKERCHIEFS (FROM TEAR GAS) VICTIM GETS UP.
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MS MEN IN SUITS, CIVILIANS LAUGHING TALKING, LOOKING AT CAMERA.
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MAN RUNNING AWAY FROM POLICE MOB.
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SMOKE BOMBS, TEAR GAS
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TONS OF POLICEMEN WALKING DOWN MIDDLE OF STREET. TROLLEY TRACKS.
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MONTAGE OF PICKETERS & STRIKING STEVEDORES IN STAND OFF WITH POLICE
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VICTIM BEING COVERED WITH BLANKET. MEN WATCH. TAKEN AWAY ON STRETCHER INTO AMBULANCE.
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NATIONAL GUARD CALLED OUT FOR DOCK STRIKE. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 7/5/34
POLICEMEN FORCING BACK STRIKERS WITH TEAR GAS. WOUNDED PLACED IN AMBULANCE. PATROLLING WATERFRONT ON FOOT & IN TRUCKS. GUARDSMEN EATING. FOOLING AROUND. FIGHTING OVER SALAMI. GOVERNOR FRANK M. MERRIAM SPEAKING. SPEECH ALLUDING TO POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INFLUENCE AND STRENGTH OF GUARD. SOLDIERS BUILDING BARRICADE, MACHINE GUN NEST. CASUALTY ON SIDEWALK. TRUCKS LEAVE AND ENTER BUILDING. |
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WATERFRONT STRIKE PARALYZES CITY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
7/10, 7/13, 7/14/34 MAYOR ANGELO ROSSI SPEAKING ON SERIOUSNESS OF PROBLEM AND HIS EFFORTS TO PREVENT STRIKE. OFFERS REASSURANCE THAT LABOR MOVEMENT ITSELF HAS NOT BEEN THREATENED. (SITS IN SWIVEL THRONE.) |
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WATERFRONT STRIKE PARALYZES CITY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 7/10, 7/13, 7/14/34
MEMBERS OF LONGSHOREMEN ARBITRATION BOARD APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT-FDR. (L-R) O.K. CUSHING, ARCHBISHOP EDWARD J. HANNA, & EDWARD F. MCGRADY, ASSISTANT LABOR SECRETARY. CUSHING STATES THAT SOLUTION OF PROBLEM DEPENDS ON LABOR & MANAGEMENT. HANNAH SPEAKS ON PURPOSE OF BOARD AND NEED FOR RECONCILIATION. |
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WATERFRONT STRIKE PARALYZES CITY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 7/10, 7/13, 7/14/34
MICHEAL J. CASEY, PRESIDENT OF TEAMSTERS UNION, SPEAKS ON MISTREATMENT OF WORKERS-TEAMSTERS ON "BLOODY THURSDAY". EARLY GAS STATION. PUMPING GAS INTO CAR AT TEXACO STATION. MEN CARRY OUT SIGN "OUT OF GAS" DUE TO STRIKE. CROWD OF MEN STAND AROUND. SHELL GAS STATION. LINE OF CARS WAITING FOR GAS. LITTLE BOY ON SIDEWALK, PICKS UP PAPER BAGS FROM A PILE IN FRONT OF HIM. SHOPPERS IN A BUTCHER SHOP. VERY BUSY. SPEEDED UP MOTION. CITY STREET, PEOPLE GET INTO TROLLEY CARS. ARCHBISHOP EDWARD J. HANNAH SPEAKS ON PURPOSE OF BOARD AND NEED FOR RECONCILIATION. READ SPEECH IN FRONT OF MICROPHONE. |
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