Title

Labor Movement News: Noticias del Movimiento Laboral

Authors

Files

Description

In 1974, over 100,000 miners workers were killed due to unsafe working conditions. Union workers in Kentucky engaged in an over four-month strike demanding better/safe working conditions. The articles that follow highlight the oppression that workers faced at the hands of their employers. Furthermore, it states the efforts of working people fighting for fair labor contracts.

Keywords

Labor, Movement, News, Brookside, Kentucky, Miners, strike, United Mine Workers Union, picket line, United Miners of AMerica, families, Eastover Mining Co, Southern labor Union, contracts, police, search powers, Washington, D.C. Justice Thurgood Marshall, warrant, Wounded Knee, Trials, Minnesota, St. Paul, court house, United States Government, United Farm Workers, California, New York, protests, Women Workers conference, Philadelphia, latin unionists, latin unions, latin trade, Farah Pants company, National hospital union, health care employees, representatives, Coretta Scott King, Cesar Chavez, Nixon, administration, organize

Date

1974

Language

English

Location

Kentucky, California, Washington D.C., Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania

Type

Text

Digital Format

application/pdf

Digital Collection

El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

Repository

Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

Rights

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Recommended Citation

"Labor Movement News: Noticias del Movimiento Laboral" (1974). Subjects. 218.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/elmalcriado_subjects/218