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Interview with Mrs. Myrle Zappone, October 5, 1936
A typewritten page that summarizes an interview with Myrle Zappone on October 5th, 1936.
Amended Charge Against Employer
Charge Against Employer Dormae Products, Inc. to the National Labor Relations Board by Upholsterers’ International Union of North America.
Economy Furniture Company Strike Flyer
Strike flyer from Lucha of Austin asking for support for strikers against Economy Furniture. Provides short history of the strike and asks consumers not to shop at stores selling "scab furniture".
PAPA Noticiero No. 9
The front page of PAPA Noticiero No. 9 which details the statistics of case coverage on applications for Temporary Protected Status on behalf of immigrants in the Austin community.
[Image Description: At the top of the page, the title of the…
[Image Description: At the top of the page, the title of the…
Economy Furniture Company Union Vote Advertisement
Voting advertisement endorsed by the UIU encouraging workers at the Economy Furniture Company to vote in favor of unionization.
Newspaper clipping with poem
An image of a book review of Georgia Nigger (1932) by Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981 with a poem by L. N. J.
"Valley of Tears"
A report in the Daily Texan about alleged abuse and harassment of striking workers by local law enforcement. Includes quotations and background information.
"40 on march to Washington"
This news clipping reports on the march immediately before the mass-arrest in Mississippi
"Texas farm workers are back on the road"
A local newsclipping reporting on the mass-arrest of Union marchers.
"35 farm workers arrested, freed"
A newsclipping reporting the mass-arrest during the Union march on Washington.