- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- Tobacco workers union members preparing food for a party, circa 1950 or 1956.
- Creator:
- Boags Modern Arts (Charleston, S.C.)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1950/1956
- Subject:
- Women labor union members
Labor union locals
Tobacco workers--Labor unions
African American labor union members
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.)
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America. Local 15 (Charleston, S.C.)
Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America. Local 15 (Charleston, S.C.) - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Founded in 1944, Local 15 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America was a radical left wing union and ardent CIO union. After the passage of the Taft-Hartley act which forbid communist union leadership, a number of unions, including the FTA & AWU joined with other locals from the United Office and Professional Workers of America and Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union to form the Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America. This union lasted until 1954 when its members re-joined the Retail Workers as Distrcit 65. This photo seems to be from either 1950 or 1956 based on the "Re-elect Olin Johnson" poster on the wall.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/1271
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/labor:1271/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1974-31_06, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.) Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.) Records
Southern Labor Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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