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Photograph caption dated May 7, 1958 reads, "Some 600 day shift union members of IAM Missile Lodge 379 jammed Burbank Elk's Lodge to hear their representatives and vote on wage offer. Early today swing-shift workers repeated scene 45 minutes before Lodge 727 and Lockheed reached agreement which could serve as model to prevent nationwide strike set for midnight."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
International Association of Machinists Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Lockheed Aircraft Corporation--Employees Elks (Fraternal order).--Lodge No. 1497 (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Contract negotiations--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Labor unions--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Labor union meetings--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Audiences--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Interiors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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