A newsboy shouts out the sad news to part of the thousands of home-bound commuters in the South Station area of Boston tonight, when workers of the Metropolitan Transit Authority went out on strike without warning at 5pm EDT this evening (Aug. 22), as workers in downtown stores and offices were headed home. The walkout followed the suspension of one workman to do an overtime trick.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

A newsboy shouts out the sad news to part of the thousands of home-bound commuters in the South Station area of Boston tonight, when workers of the Metropolitan Transit Authority went out on strike without warning at 5pm EDT this evening (Aug. 22), as workers in downtown stores and offices were headed home. The walkout followed the suspension of one workman to do an overtime trick.

[ca. August 1960]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Transit Workers: Mass 1960s

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