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Background imageStriker 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 imageStriker Collection: Pittsburgh Strike [1919 strikers demonstrating in car], 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Pittsburgh Strike [1919 strikers demonstrating in car], 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Pittsburgh Strike [1919 strikers demonstrating in car], 1919

Background imageStriker Collection: Striking Garment Workers, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Striking Garment Workers, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Striking Garment Workers, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageStriker Collection: The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Strike at the Creuzot [sic] Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. 'The strike among the workmen, ten or eleven thousand in number

Background imageStriker Collection: The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. View of '...the strike among the workmen, ten or eleven thousand in number

Background imageStriker Collection: Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cincinnati Streetcar Strikers, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Strike at Bryant Hall, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strike at Bryant Hall, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike at Bryant Hall, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: London strike - truck under police protection, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

London strike - truck under police protection, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
London strike - truck under police protection, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: London Strike gates of Great East India dock; closed, between c1910 and c1915

London Strike gates of Great East India dock; closed, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
London Strike gates of Great East India dock; closed, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Shows striking waiters gathered outside Sherry's restaurant during a waiter's strike in New York City in 1912

Background imageStriker Collection: J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, Union Square, N.Y. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, Union Square, N.Y. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, Union Square, N.Y. 1913. Shows labor leader Joseph James Ettor (1886-1948) speaking during the Brooklyn barbers' strike of 1913, Union Square, New York City

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers awaiting pay, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers awaiting pay, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers awaiting pay, 1912. Shows men and women on strike outside the Botany Worsted Mills in Passaic, NJ

Background imageStriker Collection: A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown

A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown
A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. 'The popular agitation throughout France, caused by the Emperor's appeal to universal suffrage for the adoption of the new Constitutional reforms

Background imageStriker Collection: May Day '13, strikers in Union Square, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

May Day '13, strikers in Union Square, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
May Day '13, strikers in Union Square, 1913. Shows crowd gathered in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913. Some hold signs in Yiddish, Italian and English

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Car strikers, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Car strikers, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Car strikers, 1916. Shows striking New York City streetcar drivers on East 86th Street during the railroad workers strike which started in August 1916

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers, Union Square, May Day, '13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers, Union Square, May Day, '13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers, Union Square, May Day, '13, 1913. Shows crowd gathered in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913

Background imageStriker Collection: N.Y. May Day parade - Strikers' children from Paterson, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

N.Y. May Day parade - Strikers' children from Paterson, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. May Day parade - Strikers' children from Paterson, 1913. Shows children of the strikers of the Paterson Silk Strike arriving in Union Square, New York City during the May Day parade, May 1, 1913

Background imageStriker Collection: 14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette, and Rose Livingston, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette, and Rose Livingston, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
14-yr. old striker, Fola La Follette, and Rose Livingston, 1913. Shows suffrage and labor activist Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette (1882-1970)

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave Sherry's, 1912. Shows striking waiters gathered outside Sherry's restaurant during a waiter's strike in New York City in 1912

Background imageStriker Collection: L strike - Boston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

L strike - Boston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
L strike - Boston, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Union Square, New York. J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Union Square, New York. J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Union Square, New York. J.J. Ettor speaking to striking barbers, 1913. Shows labor leader Joseph James Ettor (1886-1948) speaking during the Brooklyn barbers' strike of 1913, Union Square

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers at Auburn - April 13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers at Auburn - April 13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers at Auburn - April 13, 1913. Shows strikers involved in strike related to the dismantling of International Harvester Company's twine mill, Auburn, New York

Background imageStriker Collection: Striking waiters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Striking waiters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Striking waiters, 1912

Background imageStriker Collection: Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912

Background imageStriker Collection: Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915

British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912

Background imageStriker Collection: British Strike - coal ships tied up at Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

British Strike - coal ships tied up at Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British Strike - coal ships tied up at Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: British coal strike - idle dock laborers, Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915

British coal strike - idle dock laborers, Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British coal strike - idle dock laborers, Cardiff, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Bayonne picking up stones, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bayonne picking up stones, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bayonne picking up stones, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageStriker Collection: Sheriff Kinkead & strikers, Bayonne, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sheriff Kinkead & strikers, Bayonne, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sheriff Kinkead & strikers, Bayonne, 1915. Shows Eugene Francis Kinkead (1876-1960), the sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey surrounded by strikers during the Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915-1916

Background imageStriker 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: Unknown
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. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Background imageStriker 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. July to December, 1891

Background imageStriker 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 Unio Creator
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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker Collection: Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen &

Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen &
Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888

Background imageStriker 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 imageStriker 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 imageStriker Collection: Scene During The Preston Strike, c1890. Artist: William Rainey

Scene During The Preston Strike, c1890. Artist: William Rainey
Scene During The Preston Strike, c1890. Part of the 1842 General Strike or Plug Plot Riots. These strikes and disturbances were prompted by depression in 1841-2 which resulted in wage cuts of over

Background imageStriker Collection: The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. Artist: CRW Nevinson

The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Background imageStriker Collection: Female telephone operators on strike in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919

Female telephone operators on strike in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. One of many strikes that broke out in the United States in 1919

Background imageStriker Collection: Girl employees of Woolworths five and dime store, West Fourteenth Street, New York, USA, 1937

Girl employees of Woolworths five and dime store, West Fourteenth Street, New York, USA, 1937. Sleeping on the floor of the store during their strike in March 1937

Background imageStriker Collection: Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Background imageStriker Collection: Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist

Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist
Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. 1912 saw a number of industrial disputes, most notably a strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Background imageStriker Collection: Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). Artist: William Rainey

Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). Artist: William Rainey
Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Background imageStriker Collection: Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon

Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon
Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Two miners from the Yorkshire town were killed when troops opened fire during a strike

Background imageStriker Collection: Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917

Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917. The Putilov Plant was a large machine-building factory in St Petersburg

Background imageStriker Collection: The Miners Strike in Carmaux, 1892

The Miners Strike in Carmaux, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 1st October 1892

Background imageStriker Collection: Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877
Riot by Baltimore-Ohio Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA, 1877. The riot occurred after workers went on strike because the company cut their wages

Background imageStriker Collection: London Dockers Strike, September 1889

London Dockers Strike, September 1889. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5 pence per hour) but it failed

Background imageStriker Collection: London dock labourers strike, 1889

London dock labourers strike, 1889. Scenes along the strikers procession. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5p) per hour, but it failed

Background imageStriker Collection: A strike in Paris, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer

A strike in Paris, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
A strike in Paris, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd October 1898

Background imageStriker Collection: Laundresses strike, 1891

Laundresses strike, 1891. A strikers leader addressing a meeting in Hyde Park, London. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 27 June 1891)

Background imageStriker Collection: Strike, 1895. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy

Strike, 1895. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Strike, 1895

Background imageStriker Collection: Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain

Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. The Union representative in the centre is told that, had the workers had a vote, they would not have voted to strike

Background imageStriker Collection: Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain

Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. A disgusted housemaid shuts the gate to the basement kitchen to the local bobby. There had been a rash of strikes during the year including bakers and carpenters

Background imageStriker Collection: Strike Home!, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain

Strike Home!, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strike Home!, 1872. The baker is on strike and the British worker wonders where he will get his dinner from. This relates to the strike amongst bakers which followed hard on the heels of

Background imageStriker Collection: The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861

The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861. Illustrating the plight of the worker committed to a union. The union man, involved in a strike over which he now has no control

Background imageStriker Collection: The British Slave, 1861

The British Slave, 1861. The worker, a bricklayer, has been on strike, but, looking at his distressed wife and children, has realised his family needs him to return to work


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