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Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

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Title: Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: circa February 25, 1937
1937-02-25
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. The strike began when the plant allegedly began to lay off workers who were members of the Committee for Industrial Organization. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Strikes-- Douglas Aircraft Corp.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288fx7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Airline industry strikes--California--Santa Monica
Activism
Business
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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