labor union

c. 1982

Poster has a black and white photograph of two women yelling and raising their fist. The poster reads, " "What a man needs is to come home and get a couple of martinis from a woman who is...

c. 1982

Poster has a black and white photograph of children posed in a field with large sacks slung over their shoulders. The poster reads, "The passage of this amendment (child labor) would be a calamity...

c. 1982

Poster has a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking into a microphone. The poster reads, "An Agitator is the lowest form of humanity." Dallas County, Alabama Sheriff Jim...

c. 1982

Poster has a black and white photograph in the center of immigrant coal workers in the early 1900s. The poster reads, "'They don't suffer; they can't even speak English.' George Baer President,...

At the top is a drawing of men linking up bricks to make an Egyptian pyramid that is off in the distance. There is a foreman at the front center. Under the image is "Amalgamated Meat Cutters and...

c. 1970

Poster has a red background with the head of a man on the right. He is wearing a white hat and a large white collar. On the left is "Wages/ Conditions/ Guarantee/ Pensions/ Safety/ Strike/ ILWU...

1999

Poster has a brown and white photograph of a woman wearing a black halter top and a beaded choker necklace. Above her is "Like an Orgy, It Only Works if There's A Lot Of Us." printed in large...

c.1977

Poster has a black and white photograph of a man with his arms crossed. Under the photograph is a quote that reads:"It is in the book of Genesis which states that upon leaving the Garden of Eden,...

1972

Poster is printed on green cardstock with text that fades from white to yellow to pink. The top right has a drawing of a girl with two ponytails. The poster reads from top to bottom, "Local 912...

c. 1970

Poster has a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King with several men along the bottom. The left corner has a circle logo of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial...

2003

Poster has a black background with wavy lines in the center in blue, red, and green. Above the green lines are outlines of people. The poster reads, "We Make the Road by Walking/ Immigrant Workers...

1974

Poster has a bright yellow background with blue outlined drawings of two men picking vegetables and putting them into wood crates. Above the drawing in red lettering is "The Masses Are The Makers...

1975

Poster has a black and white image of a man wearing a miner helmet with light, but it is split in half. The top edge has red printing that reads, "Bay Area Trade Union Conference Rally for Chile...

c. 1972

Poster is in black and white with a dotted background at the top. The top has "Black Sheep Press/ The wildest & wooliest in the west." Below is a drawing of a pig and a black wooly sheep....

2004

Small poster with brown background and light tan and blue images. In the center are three drawings that outline a quick history of the brotherhood. The poster reads, "Begun 1925 The Brotherhood...

1976

Poster has a black background with text printed in several languages. The text fades from blue, to green to purple. On the left is a photograph of the face of a young girl.

AFSCME is the...

First Annual Silk Screen Workers Union Hall Show
circa 1982

Poster has brown background of a man with a hard hat using machinery. Above the man in red is "First Annual Silk Screen Workers Union Hall Show."

1985

Small poster printed on yellow cardstock with green and red ink. The center has an image of several heads of African people on a green background. Next to the heads is "to support the struggle...

One button pin with "A.W.O.C." and "N.F.W.A." in black priniting on the face and an image of grapes with leaves.

4-Dec-12

Postcards written and illustrated on shirt collars and shirt cuffs, family photographs. The writer and artist was Frank Walsh, a miner working in Arizona mines. The recipient was Guy Mooers, his...

3-Nov-12

Postcards written and illustrated on shirt collars and shirt cuffs, family photographs. The writer and artist was Frank Walsh, a miner working in Arizona mines. The recipient was Guy Mooers, his...

27-Apr-16

Postcards written and illustrated on shirt collars and shirt cuffs, family photographs. The writer and artist was Frank Walsh, a miner working in Arizona mines. The recipient was Guy Mooers, his...

7-Jul-12

Postcards written and illustrated on shirt collars and shirt cuffs, family photographs. The writer and artist was Frank Walsh, a miner working in Arizona mines. The recipient was Guy Mooers, his...

Round button, red, white & blue: the circumference is a red border, with writing in white "Together for Your Security," in the middle is a white circle with a blue flag which bears the AFL-CIO...

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