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John L. Lewis and Harry Truman

Interviews with John L. Lewis and Governor Averell Harriman during the 1956 Democratic National Convention.

AFL-CIO Unemployed Leave For Washington Chicago (Grand Central) Sil. Neg. Trims 4-7-59

Footage depicting union workers protesting at Chicago's Grand Central Station in 1959 before boarding a train to attend the Unemployment Conference...
George Meany of AFL-CIO Appears Before Democratic Platform Committee

George Meany of the AFL-CIO attends the Democratic Platform and Resolutions Committee in 1956.

Jimmy Hoffa Press Conference Chicago

President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa addresses the union at a central conference held at the Hotel Sherman in Chi...

Reuther

Interview footage with the bargaining representatives of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers Union ...

Chicago: Airlines Strike..EAL--TWA--L.C. 11-24-58

Consists of outtakes from a news broadcast depicting airport operations: passengers boarding planes, purchasing tickets, baggage handlers carrying ...
Detroit: Chrysler Strike 11-11-58

News footage covering a 1958 labor strike by 3,000 Chrysler Corporation employees in Detroit.
Christmas Party for School Fire Victims (AFL-CIO--Franklin Blvd. Hosp.) Chicago 12-23-58

Members of the AFL-CIO deliver Christmas presents to hospitalized children at Franklin Boulevard Hospital in Chicago on December 23rd, 1958. The ch...
South Bend: Studebaker-Packard Strike 11-24-58

News footage of a strike by Studebaker-Packard Corporation employees in South Bend, Indiana on November 24th 1958. The automobile plant was shut do...
Stewardesses Strike (North Central) Chicago 12-58

Silent outtakes from news footage depicting stewardesses and mechanics going on strike, demanding fair wages. The event took place in North Central...
Detroit: Capital Airlines Strike 11-11-58

News outtakes depicting the Capital Airlines Strike of 1958.