International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers on Strike Against New England [Collection of Three Strike Placards]
- Boston: International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers, 1968
Boston: International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers, 1968. Very Good. [Boston]: International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers, n.d. but 1968. Collection of three silkscreen strike placards (55.5x35.5cm.) printed on rectos only. The three examples show various levels of use, the most heavily worn example quite toned and soiled with shallow losses along corners, else a Very Good collection overall.
All three examples evidently saw use over the course of this five-month strike, which began at 3pm on April 26, 1968, and did not come to an close until September of the same year. More than 14,000 workers across five New England states walked out following a dispute with the New England Telephone Co. over a wage hike - NET offered $12 a week while the union wanted $20. Each placard has pencil and pen annotations on the verso: the cleanest of the three simply provides the dates of the strike, while the second example states in pencil "Start 3pm April 26 1968 / Still out Thurs June 13 1968." The previous owner of the most worn-out example used the verse to make his own protest poster in pencil and marker: "We're fighting the 2 Billion Dollar Giant."
No examples separately catalogued in OCLC as of October, 2024.
All three examples evidently saw use over the course of this five-month strike, which began at 3pm on April 26, 1968, and did not come to an close until September of the same year. More than 14,000 workers across five New England states walked out following a dispute with the New England Telephone Co. over a wage hike - NET offered $12 a week while the union wanted $20. Each placard has pencil and pen annotations on the verso: the cleanest of the three simply provides the dates of the strike, while the second example states in pencil "Start 3pm April 26 1968 / Still out Thurs June 13 1968." The previous owner of the most worn-out example used the verse to make his own protest poster in pencil and marker: "We're fighting the 2 Billion Dollar Giant."
No examples separately catalogued in OCLC as of October, 2024.