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Corporate Thug
sun
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster shows a man tinted red at the center of the poster. Black text reads "Corporate Thug" at the top and "J. Patrick Mohan" at the bottom. In a vertical black bar at the left is white text...

The White House
1980

Poster shows abstract figures wearing brightly colored clothing working with construction tools on a building. Black text at the bottom left reads "The White House September 1, 1980. Labor Day"....

Untitled
1963

Poster has black text printed on blue paper. Four columns of text detailing the wages, hours, and working conditions for women and minors in the manufacturing industry in San Francisco as of...

Occupational health & safety
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text and a black and white image on a white background. Image shows a man in a jumpsuit standing against a brick wall holding a pipe in his right hand. The man is wearing a make-...

A view from the bridge
2005

Poster has a central black and white image of seven men in a circle of threaded metal rods with the Bay Bridge in the background. Above the image at the top left is black text reading "a view from...

Our Jobs Are Killing Us
1994

Poster has black and white text on red and black backgrounds. White text on red background at the top reads "Our Jobs Are Killing Us". An identical bar of red at the bottom has black text that...

1997

Poster shows a man and woman walking down a city street holding signs - the woman''s reads "We called it a Work Holiday" and the man''s reads "the 1946 Oakland...

Protect What You've Bargained For
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster had dark blue and orange text and image printed on light blue paper. Top half of poster shows an orange table from above with eight stick figures sitting around it; light blue text in the...

Corporate Greed
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black and white images and black and red text on a white background. Image shows a pair fo hands ripping a map of Illinois in half. Red text above the image reads "corporate green is...

Stop ADM/Tate & Lyle
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a central, black and white image of four men at a golf course, with clubs at the right. The faces of "union busting" company officials photoshopped onto the golfers'' bodies. One golfer...

Oakland needs a raise
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a transparent background image of a drawn scene of people in front of a city skyline. Brown papyrus text starting at hte top left corner reads "Oakland needs a raise! Living wage now!"...

Mayday Parade And Festival
1990

Poster has red and green text and red, green, black, and white images on a black background. Central image shows a large wheel with the rim and spokes filled with animal symbols. Written in a...

Building for Tomorrow
1987

Poster shows four pencils (progressively larger in size from the left to the right) with blue, green, and purple confetti pieces all on a red background. Blue script text at the top reads "...

Let's 'de-lawyerize'
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text and a black and white image on a white background. Image shows a sad faced, balding man holding a stack of papers iwht a gavel stuck in the wall behind him. Image caption...

Solidarity
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black, red, and orange text and graphics on yellow paper. Image shows a line of hands holding flaming torches. At the top is yellow text reading "displaced Green Giant workers declare...

Harry Bridges
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has the Harry Bridges Institute globe logo centered at the top followed by black text reading "the Harry Bridges Institute for International Education and Organization supports strawberry...

Janitors
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a large image of a yellow arm and hand holding up a gray broom with a yellow bucket at the right and a purple and white drawn skyline of San Francisco. In the thick purple border of the...

Justice for Janitors in San Francisco
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a large image of a red arm and hand holding up a gray broom with a red bucket at the right and a black and white drawn skyline of San Francisco. In the thick black border of the image...

Justice
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has the Justice for Janitors logo and a black bird symbol centered in black and red. Above the images is the text "March" (in red) "for" (in black) "Justice" (red block letters in a black...

May 1st
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster shows a man in a helmet opening a door to a scene with red flagsand a city skyline with an orange sky in the background. At the top of the image is red text reading "May 1st International...

Plight Or Prosperity
1980

Poster has an image of a blue and white eagle with a power cord wapped around his right foot at the top of the poster. Blue text at the bottom reads "1980''s National Conference on the Future of...

The Mushroom Workers
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has an image of a man with a mustache and hat holding a gun with two belts of ammunition across his chest. Behind him is a field of mushrooms with hands holding knives sticking up from...

Join UPC
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a large red arrow making a u-turn at the center of the poster on a purple background. A red bar at the top has purple text reading "Turn It Around". Beneath the arrow at the bottom of...

Work
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has image of a cartoon man wearing a hard hat with a crown logo on the front with his arms crossed over his chest. The man has a shovel behind his back and tools in his tool belt around his...

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