2010.54.11602

The Workers' Friends
1962
18.75 in HIGH x 22.125 in WIDE
(47.62 cm HIGH x 56.2 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11602

Bottom left: UAW" logo". | Bottom right: Allied Printing Union Label" logo 32". | Bottom left of image: "John Z. Gelsavage". On back: "Additional copies of / UAW "This Union Cause" Posters / may be obtained from / UAW Education Department / 8000 East jefferson Avenue / Detroit 14, Michigan 48214 / Price, 3 copies for $1.00 / "Allied Printing Union Label" logo 32 / (c) 1962 International Union - UAW".

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images. In the background is the Capitol Building. In the middle toward the right is a man giving a speech, below him is a lake with trees. At the left is a man holding up a document that reads "Federation Of Labor". At the bottom is a man holding up paintings. At the bottom right of the poster is text that reads: "The Owrkers'' Friends". Below this title are two columns of text that reads: "Friends of workers were sorely needed in the 1920''s and 30''s. / The post war open shop drive in the 20''s, misnamed "The / American Plan," saw the AFL dwindle away year by year. / Fiorello LaGuardia, late mayor of New york City (lower / left), and George Norris, who later pushed TVA through / Congress (lower right), co-authored an anti-injunction law / which freed unions from one of many legal repressions. Bob / LaFollette, Senator from Wisconsin (upper right), worked / long and hard with labor''s political support.".
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