Strike Broadside: If You Had to Walk Today - Blame John A. Ritchie
by [TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION of AMERICA]
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Transport Workers Union of America (CIO), (1941). Printed broadside, 36cm x 28cm (ca. 14-1/4" x 11"). Printed in black on newsprint. Text in two columns, below headline caption; signed in print by Austin Hogan, President of the Greater New York Transport Workers Union. Mild edgewear, a bit of darkening to upper half of sheet; Very Good or better. The text originally appeared in the March 11, 1941 issue of the newspaper PM, as a response to a pro-Company article appearing the day before in several mainstream New York papers, titled "If You Had To Walk Today, Blame the Transport Workers Union." The Transport Workers, one of New York's most militant unions, struck the city's three largest bus lines in 1941, seeking a pay raise of 25¢ a day, eight-hour workdays, and paid vacation. They were ultimately successful, marking a key victory for labor in the early months after America's entry into WW2.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51440
- Title
- Strike Broadside: If You Had to Walk Today - Blame John A. Ritchie
- Author
- [TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION of AMERICA]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Transport Workers Union of America (CIO)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1941)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor History; WW2;
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