CF&I Steelworkers OK ‘realistic’ contract, 1989
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:21:11+00:00Union negotiators told workers on Saturday that the approved 3-yr. contract was the best they could get. The union was Pueblo Steelworkers Local 2102, representing 1,600 production and maintenance workers. They hoped that better business conditions for the CF&I would lead to a better contract in the future.
Participants in farm workers march, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:07:26+00:00Photo of Pilar Media, Ernest Media, and Liz Garcia at the farm workers strike
Marchers with Huelga and Viva la Raza signs, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:09:24+00:00Photo of farm work strikers marching to Denver with signs
Marchers with image of the Virgin Mary, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:09:44+00:00Photo of people marching to Denver holding a poster of Mother Mary
United Farm Workers’ March, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:10:47+00:00Photo of striking farm workers and supporters marching from Pueblo to Denver
Start of farm workers march to Denver, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:11:30+00:00Photo of men in black berets gathered for the march to Denver, which started at the Dogpatch Huelga Office.
March on behalf of grape pickers
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:12:11+00:00Photo of march to protest sale of grapes picked by non-union workers at the Safeway on 8th Street in Pueblo, 1970?
Picket line, farm workers’ strike, 1970
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:13:16+00:00Photo of a picket in front of employment office for the farm workers, protesting so people would not take work on farms. Louie Lugs is one of the protesters.
Manuel Diaz, involvement with starting the CF&I union, 1978
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:15:42+00:00Manuel Diaz being interviewed in 1978 about his involvement in starting a representative union for CF&I workers. Among some of the experiences he talks about is some violence experienced by workers at the hands of the CF&I company.
Pueblo Public Metals Co. Workers on Strike for Fourth Week, 1976
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:17:27+00:00Mexican American workers of Pueblo Public Metals Co. have been on strike for four weeks backed up by unions. The strike which began on September 8, 1976 has held out this long because the company refuses to sit to work out better wages which is what workers like Wilfred Espinosa, who has worked there 17 years, is asking for.
Steelworkers file NRLB complaint, 1988
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:23:59+00:00Local 2102 of the United Steelworkers of America contends that CF&I Steel Corp. violated sections of the National Labor Relations Act. Specifically, the company is accused of failing to provide the union with information needed to settle a contract dispute after an arbitrator ruled against CF&I. The complaint stems from a three-month fight between the union and CF&I over incentive rates for arc-furnace workers.
Salt Creek Water System Dedicated, thanks to Union members, 1968
LHP_Intern2020-01-18T04:45:24+00:00The perseverance of 5 members of United Steelworkers of America LU 2012, finally paid off with the dedication of a community water system in Salt Creek, funded by a federal grant. Tests of 37 wells conducted by the City and County Health Dept. had shown only 4 wells with water safe to drink. The men, all employed by CF&I, are: Endy Garcia, Basic Oxygen Shop; Ray Barela, Wire Mill Drawing Room; Ted T. Lopez, Wire Mill Weigher; Stanley Gutierrez, Wire Mill Galvanizing; and Adrian Martinez, Operator, Hearth Department.
Article about new Hispanic political and benevolent organization, 1933
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:26:07+00:00Description of first anniversary of the distinguished Asociacion Política y Protectiva Hispano Americano, evidently based in Pueblo, a precursor to later unions