Home » Posts tagged 'Unions' (Page 2)

• 

  [Labor History Workshop 9-16-1971]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.

• 

  [Labor History Workshop 9-23-1971 #2]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  The continuation of an organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.

• 

  [Labor History Workshop 9-23-1971 #1]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.

• 

  [Chicago Slices raw: Ed Sadlowski Roast #1]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Raw footage for Chicago Slices. This tape features part one of a roast for steelworkers union leader Ed Sadlowski. Friends, family, and co-workers gather at Local 65 Union Hall to celebrate Sadlowski’s retirement. Studs Terkel talks about the Chicago labor history, and the legacy of the union movement.

• 

  [Chicago Slices raw: Ed Sadlowski Roast #2 – Parkview Pet Shop]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Raw footage for Chicago Slices. The first half of the tape is a continuation of the roast for steelworkers union leader Ed Sadlowski. The second half of the tape features interviews with Julie Fischer and other staff at Parkview Pet Shop in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.