Poster, "Viva la Huelga/ Don't buy Farrah pants!"
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Object Details
- associated institution
- Farah of Texas
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
- Description
- A green poster with black and white text; "Viva la Huelga/ Don't buy Farrah pants!" In the 1970s, garment unions represented about 850,000 workers out of a total industry work force of 1.3 million. Membership declined rapidly as businesses moved offshore and into the non-union South and Southwest. In 1995, garment unions with a combined membership of about 335,000 merged to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees (UNITE). Organizing new workers has been a major priority.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Philip and Jeff Foisie
- ID Number
- 1981.0452.07
- accession number
- 1981.0452
- catalog number
- 1981.0452.07
- Object Name
- Poster
- Measurements
- overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm
- referenced
- United States: Texas
- United States: New Mexico
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Sweatshops
- Princeton Posters
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- History, Reform Movements, Economic Protest
- Labor Unions
- labor issues
- Textile Processing and Production
- Strikes and Boycotts
- Latino
- Record ID
- nmah_541122
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-e548-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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