Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation strike

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20037270

Description

Circular picket line of machinists' union of Convair on a road leading to freight loading docks on Texas and Pacific Railroad property. The strikers are holding various picket signs. Behind them in the distance are various buildings. The 31 pickets were arrested and transported to the sheriff's office, where charges of unlawful assembly were filed against them. John F. Foster Jrunior, district president of the striking Convair machinists was among those arrested. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, May 10, 1946.

Archival Date

1946-05-10

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-426

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Strikes; Pickets; Labor unions; Protest posters; Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation; Convair; Texas & Pacific Railroad; Foster, John F, Jr.