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Heard@HQ / Heard at Headquarters 2007 / October-December

Unions rally for tobacco workers (11/26)

The photos below were taken in late October during a rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. supporting tobacco farm workers and their efforts to win justice on the job. Unions participating in the demonstration included the Seafarers, Bakery Workers, Machinists, Letter Carriers, Mine Workers, Postal Workers, Auto Workers, Steelworkers and Teamsters along with state and local labor organizations.

More information about both the rally and the overall campaign may be found on the AFL-CIO web site HERE

 

 
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