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March on behalf of grape pickers
Photo of march to protest sale of grapes picked by non-union workers at the Safeway on 8th Street in Pueblo, 1970?
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Picket line, farm workers’ strike, 1970
Photo 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
Manuel 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
Mexican 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
Local 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
The 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
Description of first anniversary of the distinguished Asociacion Política y Protectiva Hispano Americano, evidently based in Pueblo, a precursor to later unions
Richard Romero, killed in action in Vietnam in 1968
Richard Romero, Specialist Four, HHC, 4TH TRANS CMD, ARMY SPT CMD SAIGON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV, Army of the United States, January 12, 1947 to March 02, 1968
Veteran Juan Espinosa and his family
Juan Espinosa, Vietnam War veteran, talks in 2008 about his experience coming back from war. He shares anti-war sentiments and what he did when he came back to Colorado.
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