strikebreakers

5 photos tagged strikebreakers, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1917

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The last upload was July 2011.

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swanq said:
typo in title. 'biding" should be 'building'
The Library of Congress said:
Thanks for the tip! We’ll need to correct the typo so that we can keep the information we show here in Flickr and in our own catalog ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html) in sync
Alan Denney said:
This is probably the 1912 strike, the first ever national coal strike. The strikers were fighting for the establishment of a national minimum wage and the men in the photograph are strike-breaking scabs.

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parkermulligan said:
November 8 - November 11, 1911 New York City Garbage Strike
Wystan said:
No, the date on edge of photo is November 13, 1911.
Carole Gentry said:
Where can I find out more information about the garbage strike and the "white wings"?
Wystan said:
Other Bain/LOC photos of the 1911 New York City garbage strike:
Wystan said:
The New York City garbage strike was put down by a massive hiring of strikebreakers, but outbursts of resistance continued until the end of November, as documented by stories in The New York Times. Cleanup efforts dragged on into December. "Strikers Plead to be Taken Back" New York Times story, November 21, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A02E3DC1231E2...

GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
The Kings School played a large part in the strike breaking, and those hats (though not the hat bands) look like their uniform.