Economy Furniture Company Strike collection, 1968-1972.

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993

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Cesar Chavez (b. March 31, 1927, Yuma, AZ – d. April 23, 1993, San Luis, AZ) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962. Originally a Mexican American farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approac...

Upholsterers' International Union of North America, Local No. 456

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Richards, David R.

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Clinton, Sam Houston

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Clinton was a prominent labor lawyer in the 1950's and 1960's in Texas. He graduated from Baylor University Law School in 1949. He started practicing law in 1950 in Waco, Texas, then became a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. During the early 1950's he worked for the Mullinax & Wells law firm in Dallas and Austin until 1956 when he established a private law firm in Austin practicing general and labor law. From the description of Papers, 1954-1968. (University...

Loeffler, James J.

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Hernández, Lencho.

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