Similar
Related
![Plays part in AF of L meet on WPA situation. Washington, D.C., July 12. George Meany, President of the New York State Federation of Labor photographed this morning at the AF of L meeting which was called to urge Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly pay rates for WPA workers and which now has 77-627[?] workers on strike](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcGxheXMtcGFydC1pbi1hZi1vZi1sLW1lZXQtb24td3BhLXNpdHVhdGlvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWp1bHktMTItZ2VvcmdlLW1lYW55LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Plays part in AF of L meet on WPA situation. Washington, D.C., July 12. George Meany, President of the New York State Federation of Labor photographed this morning at the AF of L meeting which was called to urge Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly pay rates for WPA workers and which now has 77-627[?] workers on strike")
AF of L meets to try to solve WPA strikes. Washington, D.C., July 12. William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, today pledged to presidents of 103 unions to do everything in the federation's power to persuade Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly rates. He disclaimed AF of L responsibility for the strikes of 77,000 WPA employees and the sympathy strike of some member unions
Summary
A black and white photo of a man standing at a podium.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tags
Date
1900 - 1940
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
