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Men and women of the Los Angeles Public Works and Unemployed Union picketing outside W.P.A. headquarters, 1936

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Title: Men and women of the Los Angeles Public Works and Unemployed Union picketing outside W.P.A. headquarters, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: June 4, 1936
1936-06-04
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: PUBLIC WORKS AND UNEMPLOYED UNION PICKETS W.P.A. OFFICE: The Public Works and Unemployed Union, described as a Communist-inspired organization, yesterday began picketing the W.P.A. headquarters. Twenty-three men and women were in line at the peak of the picketing. Placards worn by them call for payment of union wages, removal of army offices from W.P.A. control, reinstatement of thirty-nine men discharged after riot and collective bargaining.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3239_5557
ark:/21198/zz0002vg5q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Picketing--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
New Deal, 1933-1939--California--Los Angeles County
Unemployment--California--Los Angeles County
Communism--California--Los Angeles County
Public Works and Unemployed Union
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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