Strikes, Demonstrations, and Victories (AFSCME)

(4019) AFSCME Council 25 members picket in the snow

scaloia — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:08:43 -0400

AFSCME Michigan Council 25 members brave the cold to picket for a contract.

(4020) AFSCME members picket in Detroit, 1972

scaloia — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:16:31 -0400

AFSCME Council 77 (which later became part of Council 25) members picket outside the City-County Building (later known as the Coleman A Young Municipal Center), in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue. A man carries another man on his shoulders. Their signs read “Kids need recreation no cuts” and “No cuts no layoffs.”

(4021) AFSCME Council 77 pickets along Woodward Ave, Detroit, 1972

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 10:37:47 -0400

Written on back of image: "AFSCME Council 77 Public Employees picketing City-County Bldg., Detroit, Feb 2, 1972.” At issue were the Mayor's proposed layoffs. The City-County building, later known as the Coleman A Young Municipal Center, is out of frame to the right. The Spirit of Detroit statue is partially visible on the right. Story appeared in the February 1972 issue of Public Employee magazine.

(4022) AFSCME Council 77 members picket

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 12:31:29 -0400

Men stand with picket signs, one of which reads "Public Employees Council 77, AFSCME AFL-CIO, "The ballot box is your bread box" Register and vote." Reverse of image reads: "AFSCME C. 77 Mich Strikes”

(4023) AFSCME Michigan Council 25 project staff celebrate, 1978

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 12:37:32 -0400

AFSCME Michigan staffers and local leaders pose for a group photo with their arms in the air and smiles on their faces. Signs read “Congratulations project staff [with list of names]” “AFSCME we’re the best” and “Isn’t it great to be a winner!!” Reverse of image reads: "A victory celebration with project staff and local leadership. 10,000 mental health unit votes AFSCME, 1978." This image appeared in the November 1978 issue of The Public Employee.

(4024) Man holds sign, AFSCME Local 1390 strike

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 12:47:12 -0400

A man holds a picket sign during an AFSCME Local 1390, Ingham County, Michigan strike. circa 1960s or 1970s.

(4025) Men picket asphalt plant during strike, Lansing, Michigan, 1968

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 12:50:44 -0400

A man holds sign reading: “War on poverty When will it start?”

Image appeared in July 1968 issue of Public Employee magazine with the caption: “City Workers picket the Lansing, Mich., asphalt plant during the strike by Ignham County Local 1390. It ended with a wage increase and a modified union shop.”

(7478) Lucy, March for Jobs, Peace, Freedom,

jruss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:15 -0400

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy speaks at the March for Jobs, Peace, Freedom in Washington, D.C. in 1983.

(7485) AFSCME leaders in contempt of court, Memphis

jruss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:59 -0400

AFSCME International Field Staff Director P.J. Ciampa (left), AFSCME International President Jerry Wurf (middle, with back turned), and then executive assistant to Wurf, William (Bill) Lucy (far right with pipe), receive contempt of court charges on March 6, 1968, during the Memphis Local 1733 sanitation workers’ strike.

(7492) Washington, D.C. Sanitation Workers' strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:46:31 -0400

A striker wears a picket sign during AFSCME Local 1's May 1970 Sanitation Workers' Strike in Washington, D.C.

(7493) Washington, D.C. Sanitation Workers' strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:02 -0400

A striker wears a picket sign during AFSCME Local 1's May 1970 Sanitation Workers' Strike in Washington, D.C.

(7494) Washington, D.C. Sanitation Workers' strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:51:36 -0400

Strikers wear picket signs during AFSCME Local 1's May 1970 Sanitation Workers' Strike in Washington, D.C.

(7495) D.C. Mayor and AFSCME leaders reach agreement

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:54:35 -0400

Washington, D.C. mayor, Walter Washington (3rd from left), and AFSCME Local 1 Chapter Chairman of Sanitary Engineering, Thurmond Hayes (2nd from left), sign the contract that meant 35 cents an hour for D.C. sanitation workers in May 1970.

(7496) Boston Police strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:56:26 -0400

The Boston Police strike of 1919 has come to symbolize militant unionism among public employees.

(7497) Boston Police strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:57:55 -0400

Members of the Boston Police force on strike in 1919.

(7498) Boston Police strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:59:28 -0400

Boston Policemen taking a meal during the Boston Police strike of 1919.

(7499) Canadian Union of Public Employees strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:01:12 -0400

Despite temperatures of 40 degrees below zero in Pinawa, Manitoba in April 1966, members of AFSCME’s Canadian counterpart, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), picketed to settle a contract dispute with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

(7500) AFSCME protests Illinois Governor Ogilvie

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:02:51 -0400

AFSCME members surround Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie in Logan, IL to protest the closing of Peoria State Hospital in 1972. Not long after, Ogilvie lost reelection.

(7503) Dayton workers strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:10:15 -0400

Members of the Dayton Public Service Union (DPSU), AFSCME Local 101, in Dayton, OH strike in 1966.

(7504) California wage freeze proposal protested

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:13:20 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 146, Sacramento California County Employees and their pets protest then Governor Ronald Reagan’s wage freeze proposal in 1971.

(7505) California wage freeze proposal protested

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:14:37 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 146, Sacramento California County Employees protest then Governor Ronald Reagan’s wage freeze proposal in 1971.

(7506) Durham City Employees strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:16:39 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 194, Durham, North Carolina City Employees, picket in 1966.

(7507) Peoria workers strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:18:06 -0400

AFSCME Local 241 workers strike at the Bel-Wood Nursing Home in Peoria, IL, in 1968, despite freezing temperatures and driving snow.

(7508) Peoria workers strike

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:19:50 -0400

AFSCME Local 241 workers at midnight, December 1st, during their strike at the Bel-Wood Nursing Home in Peoria, IL, in 1968.

(7509) Manchester, New Hampshire City Employees protest

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:08:24 -0400

In March 1957, AFSCME organizer Bob Montminy led the Manchester, New Hampshire City Employees Local 298 to overwhelm a meeting of the city’s aldermen, winning a repeal to an ordinance which had recently cut vacation time.

(7510) Phoenix workers picket

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:11:02 -0400

Members of AFSCME Phoenix & Maricopa County Local 317 picket in front of the Phoenix City Hall before entering a hearing to protest an insurance hike in 1963.

(7512) Savannah workers meet with leadership

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:13:15 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 342 Savannah, Georgia City Employees listen as union leaders discuss negotiations with them in 1967.

(7513) Savannah workers meet with leadership

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:14:14 -0400

L.J. Harden asks a question of AFSCME leader P.J. Ciampa at a meeting to discuss negotiations with members of Local 342 Savannah Georgia City Employees in 1967.

(7514) University of Colorado workers picket

jruss — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:15:35 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 343 University of Colorado in Boulder picket to end a freeze on merit wage increases in November 1971.

(7516) Warren, Michigan sanitation workers' strike

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:59:07 -0400

A Warren, Michigan woman adds her trash to a mounting pile that accumulated when AFSCME Local 411 Macomb County Employees sanitation workers struck in May 1969.

(7517) Chicago clerical workers picket

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:22 -0400

Members of Chicago’s AFSCME Local 505 Municipal Clerks & White Collar Employees protest Mayor Richard Daley’s proposal that police and firemen receive a 7% raise, while clerical employees receive a 2.5% raise. The January 1969 pickets resulted in a 7.5% raise for clerks.

(7518) Ohio unionists demonstrate

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:15:44 -0400

Trade unionists in the Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio area support members of AFSCME Local 544 in a successful demonstration in 1965.

(7520) Liverpool, Ohio workers demonstrate

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:29:46 -0400

Members of East Liverpool, Ohio, City Employees AFSCME Local 677 demonstrate in front of City Hall for higher wages in 1965.

(7521) Family members support strikers

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:08 -0400

Family members support AFSCME Local 699 Bloomington, Illinois, City Employees during their 1968 strike.

(7522) West Virginia picketers

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:40:21 -0400

AFSCME Local 743 Clarksburg, West Virginia, Area Public Employees picket in 1973.

(7523) Drivers' license examiners picket

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:47:52 -0400

Drivers’ license examiners picket for higher wages in 1972 as members of AFSCME Local 821D Denver, Colorado, State Employees.

(7576) Atlanta, Georgia sanitation strikers

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:22:04 -0400

In September 1968, members of AFSCME Local 850 Atlanta Maintenance & Sanitation Department Employees, struck for higher wages. One picket sign exhorts readers to remember Memphis, where a few months earlier, during a sanitation workers’ strike in that city, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

(7577) Mayor Ivan Allen addresses Atlanta strikers

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:20:28 -0400

Atlanta, Georgia mayor, Ivan Allen, addresses striking members of AFSCME Local 850 Atlanta Maintenance & Sanitation Department Employees in 1968.

(7578) Strikers question Atlanta mayor

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:19:12 -0400

Striking members of AFSCME Local 850 Atlanta Maintenance & Sanitation Department Employees question Mayor Ivan Allen.

(7579) Negotiations for Atlanta sanitation workers' strike

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:17:50 -0400

AFSCME Employees Morton Shapiro (end of table) and Malcolm Blackburn (right of Shapiro, bearded) negotiate with Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen (back to camera) on behalf of striking members of Local 850 Atlanta Maintenance & Sanitation Department Employees.

(7580) Bangor, Maine City Employees picket

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:11:20 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 926 Bangor Maine City Employees picket inside the city council chambers.

(7581) Northern Illinois University Employees strike

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:26 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 963 Northern Illinois University who represented grounds, maintenance, and food service employees at the university strike for higher wages in 1969.

(7582) Northern Illinois University Employees strike

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:25:07 -0400

In 1969, students and professors rally in support of AFSCME Local 963 Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, that represented grounds, maintenance, and food service employees.

(7583) Pine Bluff, Arkansas Employees picket

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:33:42 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 966 Pine Bluff Arkansas Municipal Employees picket for higher wages.

(7584) Pine Bluff, Arkansas Employees picket

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:35:46 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 966 Pine Bluff Arkansas Municipal Employees picket for higher wages.

(7585) Little Rock Water Works Employees protest

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:55:29 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 994 Little Rock Arkansas Water Works Employees march in protest for union rights in 1970.

(7586) Little Rock Water Works Employees protest

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:54:09 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 994 Little Rock Arkansas Water Works Employees march in protest for union rights in 1970.

(7587) Little Rock Water Works Employees protest

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:51:06 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 994 Little Rock Arkansas Water Works Employees are arrested for protesting for union rights in 1970.

(7588) Little Rock Water Works Employees protest

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:52:43 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 994 Little Rock Arkansas Water Works Employees march in protest for union rights in 1970.

(7589) Grand Rapids City Employees protest

jruss — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:01:18 -0400

AFSCME Local 1061 Grand Rapids, Michigan City Employees picket for wage increases in July 1968.