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Photograph caption dated August 27, 1955 reads "Members of CIO United Auto Workers Local 179 picket Bendix Aviation Corp. Pacific Division plant at 11600 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, as union and company officials negotiate in Detroit to halt strike which idled 20,000 Bendix workers throughout nation when contract ran out midnight Saturday. Strike affects 1,600 Bendix employees in Valley."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Bendix Corporation--Employees International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO).--Local 179 (Los Angeles, Calif.) Men--California--Los Angeles Labor union members--California--Los Angeles Aircraft industry--California--Los Angeles--Employees Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles Picketing--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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