Colgate Plant strike, Clarksville, Indiana, 1966
| Description: |
Photogaph of picketing workers at the Colgate Plants (Clarksville, Ind.) east gate during the 1966 strike. Some 1,000 members of Local 15 of the International Chemical Workers Union voted to go on strike beginning February 24, 1966, over a wage dispute. After the workers ratified a new contract, the strike ended April 25, 1966. |
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| Origin: | 1966 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll100/id/1950 |
| Collection: |
Clarksville Historical Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined; |
| Geography: |
Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Colgate-Palmolive Company Strikes and lockouts--Indiana--Clarksville Picketing--Indiana--Clarksville International Chemical Workers Union |
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