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Labor organizer Bill Busick, best known for his role as leader of the aircraft sit-down strike, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Labor organizer Bill Busick, best known for his role as leader of the aircraft sit-down strike, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
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.
Socialist, labor organizer and agitator Bill Busick. Busick was in the news many times for his outrageous political displays. He worked for the National Garment Workers Union, a part of the Committee for Industrial Organization. Busick's largest claim to fame is his role as leader of the aircraft sit-down strike.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Busick, Billl [sic]
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Bill Busick
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288gsn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Activism
Socialists--California--Los Angeles
Labor leaders--California--Los Angeles
Busick, William
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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