Title: Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. Employment Slip - Scab Labor
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining, Labor Movements,
Condition: Good
Description: [Copy of employment slip for replacement labor stating that the employee knows that there is a strike on, called by the Western Federation of Miners; that the wage paid will be $2.60 per shift; board is at a rate of $22 per month; railroad fare will be advanced, but deducted from wages during the first three months. Steady employment is guaranteed if prerformance is satisfactory.]
Source of Description: Front of slip
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Wilvan Gardner
Date of Photo: 1914
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 13.7 cm x 21.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS019-15-10-05
Collection Name: Brockway Photograph Collection
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