Burbank, Calif. – Police Hold Back Lockheed Strikers – Police restrain strikers of the International Association of Machinist as a truck entered the struck Lockheed Aircraft Corporation missile plant at Van Nuys, Calif., today. The walkout was generally peaceful, with only several minor incidents reported. The strike, over a contract dispute, began last midnight, but during the day President Kennedy took steps under the Taft-Hartley Act which could halt the walkout. The company has aerospace plants in several cities.
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Burbank, Calif. – Police Hold Back Lockheed Strikers – Police restrain strikers of the International Association of Machinist as a truck entered the struck Lockheed Aircraft Corporation missile plant at Van Nuys, Calif., today. The walkout was generally peaceful, with only several minor incidents reported. The strike, over a contract dispute, began last midnight, but during the day President Kennedy took steps under the Taft-Hartley Act which could halt the walkout. The company has aerospace plants in several cities.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1962]

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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

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