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Industrial Action Collection

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897

Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897. Men wait, locked out of the East India Docks, probably during a strike in which the dock workers demanded fair pay

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: D.A. Thomas, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

D.A. Thomas, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
D.A. Thomas, 1915. Shows Welsh industrialist and politician David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856-1918), who served as British munitions commissioner.

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Healy, Fitzgerald, Mahon, Frayne, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Healy, Fitzgerald, Mahon, Frayne, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Healy, Fitzgerald, Mahon, Frayne, 1916. Shows Timothy Healy, William B. Fitzgerald, William D. Mahon, Hugh Frayne (general organizer in New York for the American Federation of Labor)

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: 'The Strike at Sydney; Wool being conveyed by the Owners with the help of Friends

'The Strike at Sydney; Wool being conveyed by the Owners with the help of Friends and Special Const Creator
'The Strike at Sydney; Wool being conveyed by the Owners with the help of Friends and Special Constables to the Wharves, 1890. From "The Graphic

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 27th. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright

The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 27th. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright
The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 27th. c1895

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States... c1901

Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States... c1901
Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, Volume XXVII No. 18, August 3, 1901, Price Ten Cents, c1901

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891

The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891
'The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument: Firing the Bush, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: 'The Strike of Dock Labourers at Melbourne; 'Freemen' Escaping in a boat from an attack of the Unio

'The Strike of Dock Labourers at Melbourne; "Freemen" Escaping in a boat from an attack of the Union Men, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Outside FSA 'grant' office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Outside FSA "grant" office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) "grant" office during cotton pickers strike

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, FSA camp, California, 1938

Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp, California. This notice is a statement of self-determined policy drawn up by the camp committee of

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Listening to the speaker... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Listening to the speaker... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Listening to the speaker at the conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938

During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938
During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Car of migrant agricultural worker on strike... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Car of migrant agricultural worker on strike... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Note on campaign "Olson for Governor, 1938." Car of migrant agricultural worker on strike for wage increase in cotton. Bakersfield, California. ['Olson - Downey - Patterson]

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Speaker, migratory worker, Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization, Bakersfield, CA, 1938

Speaker, migratory worker, Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Undernourished cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer... Kern County, CA, 1938

Undernourished cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer... Kern County, CA, 1938
Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from seventy-five cents to ninety cents a hundred pounds

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Bakersfield, California Applications for 'grants' during cotton pickers strike, 1938

Bakersfield, California Applications for "grants" during cotton pickers strike, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Applications for "grants" during cotton pickers strike

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, apply to Farm Security Administration (FSA) for relief. Bakersfield, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938

Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers, Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-Oklahoma farmer, one of the leaders in the strike of cotton pickers. Kern County, California. The growers set price of cotton at seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds picked

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, Kern County, California, 1938

Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, Kern County, California, 1938
Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
During the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Street meeting at night...outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938

Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street meeting at night in Mexican town outside of Shafter, California. Organizer for United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (Congress of Industrial Organizations-CIO)

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California, 1937

Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938

During the cotton strike, a striking picker applies for an emergency food grant, Shafter, CA, 1938
During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant. Shafter, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Outside the Labor Temple, during the cotton strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Outside the Labor Temple, during the cotton strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Outside the Labor Temple where the conference called by the Steinbeck Committee during the cotton strike is being held. Bakersfield, California

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Peckham was the scene of an extensive " war" during the November of 1931

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: La Grève - small plate, c1875. Creator: Félicien Rops

La Grève - small plate, c1875. Creator: Félicien Rops
La Greve - small plate, c1875

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939

Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939
Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Strikers received seventy-five cents per 100 pounds; demanded one dollar

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Deputized 'vigilantes'armed with clubs guard entrance... Salinas Valley, California, 1939

Deputized "vigilantes"armed with clubs guard entrance... Salinas Valley, California, 1939
Salinas Valley, California. Deputized " vigilantes" armed with clubs guard entrance to lettuce fields during lettuce strike. [Sign: Sheriff - STOP ]

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Possibly: The famed stockade, Yakima, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: The famed stockade, Yakima, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Washington, Yakima. The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm workers in 1933. See general caption number 33]

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Striking Arguments, January 1898. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Striking Arguments, January 1898. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Striking Arguments, January 1898

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Flyer advertising student strike against the Vietnam War, 1968. Creator: Unknown

Flyer advertising student strike against the Vietnam War, 1968. Creator: Unknown
White flyer with black text covering the whole of the front and back. Text is a combination of typed text and handwritten text

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Berlin, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Berlin, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Berlin, 1844. Accounts have been received from Berlin, of a general strike among workmen in the extensive calico-printing works of that city, comprising a body of from 2500 to 3000 men

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Barking fishing boats, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Barking fishing boats, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Barking fishing boats, 1844....fishing-smacks, belonging to Barking, in Essex; of which vessels...no fewer than sixty were lying in the river [Thames], a little below Woolwich

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Variety Act 3: 132nd Day of Fasting, A. Lucci the Famous Hunger Artist (Varietenummer 3: 1... 1907)

Variety Act 3: 132nd Day of Fasting, A. Lucci the Famous Hunger Artist (Varietenummer 3: 1... 1907)
Variety Act 3: 132nd Day of Fasting, A. Lucci the Famous Hunger Artist (Varietenummer 3: 132 Hungertag, A. Lucci der Beruhmte Hungerkunstler), 1907

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Meeting of pitmen, on Pittington Hill, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Meeting of pitmen, on Pittington Hill, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of pitmen, on Pittington Hill, 1844. Procession of miners in County Durham. An unfortunate difference at present exists between the pitmen and the coal owners

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Pitmen encamped, (in Northumberland and Durham), 1844. Creator: Unknown

Pitmen encamped, (in Northumberland and Durham), 1844. Creator: Unknown
Pitmen encamped, (in Northumberland and Durham), 1844. The unfortunate dispute between the coal-owners and pitmen of the north of England still continues

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Penrhyn Slate Quarries, c1870

Penrhyn Slate Quarries, c1870. At the end of the 19th century, Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda in Wales was the worlds largest slate quarry

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). Creator: AE Brown

Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). Creator: AE Brown
Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). In a dock strike, Jim Larkin, the notorious Irish agitator, created so great an upheaval in Ulster [later Northern Ireland] that the military were called out by

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: Funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Cork, Ireland, 31 October 1920, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Cork, Ireland, 31 October 1920, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Cork, Ireland, 31 October 1920, (1933). The coffin, wrapped in Sinn Fein colours, is carried out of the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

Background imageIndustrial Action Collection: London in Peril of Starvation, 1912, (1933). Creator: T E Joy

London in Peril of Starvation, 1912, (1933). Creator: T E Joy
London in Peril of Starvation, 1912, (1933). London dockers went on strike when Lord Devonport, head of the Port of London Authority, refused to agree to their demands



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