(12403) Man with signs, AFSCME Local 1834 Garrett County, Maryland road workers strike, 1970

A man stands displaying two signs. One reads “Here lies the remains that will be left of... John Ross Sines ...when the union gets through!!!” and the other reads: ““Here lies the remains that will be left of... Hubert Friend ...when the union gets through!!!” The man is wearing a woven top hat and an AFSCME “Green Power” button and has a pipe in his mouth. AFSCME Local 1834 Garrett County, Maryland road workers were on strike for union recognition in 1970. Sines and Friend were county commissioners who opposed the union.