Title: Copper Country - Strikes
Photographer: Peterson of Gazette
Subject Headings: Labor Movements - Labor Unions, Persons, Buildings - Commercial Buildings
Condition: Good
Description: Strikers continue to picket the Upper Peninsula Power Company offices on Sixth Street in Calumet as the work stoppage by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Locals 510 and 979, moves into its third day. The contract expired Saturday at midnight; negotiations broke off at that time. There are now picketers on both of Calumet's main downtown streets. [Union workers picket the UPPCO offices.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bob Skuggen
Date of Photo: June 3 1975
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 13.7 cm x 15.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-047-005-001
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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