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Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: A. J. Cook led the Miners and the miners led the strike, c1926, (1938)

A. J. Cook led the Miners and the miners led the strike, c1926, (1938). Arthur James Cook (1883-1931), known as A. J. Cook, was a British trade union leader who was General Secretary of the Miners

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights Collection: Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922

Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of James Petrillo in his office, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright

The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright
The New York Sunday herald. Oct. 20th 1895. c1895

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield

Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. Creator: Edward Penfield
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907. c1901. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Background imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights Collection: Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08. Creator: Russell Lee

Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08. Creator: Russell Lee
Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Who Is in the Soup Now, from Puck, published May, 1889. Creator: Louis Dalrymple

Who Is in the Soup Now, from Puck, published May, 1889. Creator: Louis Dalrymple
Who Is in the Soup Now, from Puck, published May, 1889

Background imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights Collection: I do thee no wrong, didst not thou agree with me for a penny, 19th century. Creator: W Holl

I do thee no wrong, didst not thou agree with me for a penny, 19th century. Creator: W Holl
I do thee no wrong, didst not thou agree with me for a penny, 19th century. Biblical scene, from Matthew 20: 13: But he answered one of them, and said, Friend

Background imageWorkers Rights 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

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Milk churns at Hyde Park during the General Strike, London, 1926, (1935). Creator: Unknown

Milk churns at Hyde Park during the General Strike, London, 1926, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Milk churns at Hyde Park during the General Strike, London, 1926, (1935). Hyde Park was closed to the public, and used as a food depot

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Miners playing cards during the General Strike, Britain, 1926, (1935). Creator: Unknown

Miners playing cards during the General Strike, Britain, 1926, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Miners playing cards during the General Strike, Britain, 1926, (1935). The Miners Fight for their Wages - the dispute dragged on until nearly the end of November

Background imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights Collection: Mr. Churchill attending a Cabinet meeting during the General Strike in 1926, 1926, (1945)

Mr. Churchill attending a Cabinet meeting during the General Strike in 1926, 1926, (1945). The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted 9 days

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Industry and Greed, c1900, (1917). Artist: George Frederick Watts

Industry and Greed, c1900, (1917). Artist: George Frederick Watts
Industry and Greed, c1900, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Titanic - Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers Union statement, 1912

Titanic - Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers Union statement, 1912. On April 19th, 1912, the Marine Department of the Board of Trade received a letter from the Dock, Wharf, Riverside

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. Artist: William Douglas Almond

Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. Artist: William Douglas Almond
Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI. by John Cassell. [A. W. Cowan, Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris, Melbourne, c1890]

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: Meeting at the Reformers Tree, Hyde Park, c1890. Artist: CR

Meeting at the Reformers Tree, Hyde Park, c1890. Artist: CR
Meeting at the Reformers Tree, Hyde Park, c1890. The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

Background imageWorkers Rights Collection: The Hunger Marchers, 1932, (1938)

The Hunger Marchers, 1932, (1938). The National Hunger March of September to October 1932 was the largest of a series of hunger marches in Britain

Background imageWorkers Rights 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 imageWorkers Rights Collection: Harvesting at Tolpuddle, (1824), 1934

Harvesting at Tolpuddle, (1824), 1934
Harvesting at Tolpuddle. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th century agricultural labourers from Dorset who were convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of


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