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Teacher’s Strike

Documentary of a 1976 strike by the Niles Township teachers. This strike ended in 267 union teachers being fired only to have the firings canceled....
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“Barbara Parsons is a recently hired employee with the company where Michael Blais has worked for nineteen years. Still, when a supervisor announce...
Post Office: S8 Blow-Up Test

Super 8mm footage of a postal workers demonstration in Washington, D.C., optically printed to 16mm with a strobing effect.
Telenews Ch 1 Vol. 13 #155 Chicago: Charles Percy at RNC

Charles Percy speaks at a press conference at the Republican National Convention, July 25-28, 1960 in Chicago.
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I.A.T.S.E. stands for International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. In 1948 they became the dominant union in the entertainment industry. T...
CH-1 Vol. 14 #243-- Chicago Ill. Johnson Declares Russian Made Great Mistake -Negative Trims SOF

Black and white outtakes featuring future US president Lyndon B. Johnson talking at the 18th Annual Convention of the National Association of Home ...
Muriel Humphrey Campaigning Racine [Wis. SOF and Sil. Neg. Trims 2-3-60]

Muriel Humphrey campaigns in Racine, Wisconsin on behalf of her husband, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey.

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.

Hoffa appears in Chicago federal district court for removal proceedings to Florida on teamster fund mis-use charges in Fla. land deal SOF & Sil. neg. Trims 12-9-60

Jimmy Hoffa responds to the press on December 9, 1960.

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 ...

F_2012-03-1272

The (mostly silent) outtakes captured here primarily depict footage of Midway airport during a Flight Engineers' Strike in 1961, which resulted in ...
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.
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