Battling pickets tangle with deputy sheriffs during strike at U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co. in Bessemer, Ala. in foreground deputy threatens subdues picket with club while others in background, Fight started when about 100 pickets attempted to keep supervisory personnel from work. Strike has been in effect since November.
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Battling pickets tangle with deputy sheriffs during strike at U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co. in Bessemer, Ala. in foreground deputy threatens subdues picket with club while others in background, Fight started when about 100 pickets attempted to keep supervisory personnel from work. Strike has been in effect since November.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1960]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Misc: U.S.

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