View of NYNEX workers' strike and rally at City Hall Plaza, Boston, with the sign, "It's not Anti-Harvard to be Pro-Union. HUCTW [Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers]" in the left mid-ground

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Title:
View of NYNEX workers' strike and rally at City Hall Plaza, Boston, with the sign, "It's not Anti-Harvard to be Pro-Union. HUCTW [Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers]" in the left mid-ground
Description:
Striking workers and NYNEX were in a disagreement over who should pay for health benefits. Jesse Jackson, the leader of the Rainbow Coalition, and Jan Pierce, Vice President of the Communication Workers of America, spoke at this event. Supporters, local unions, and striking employees from Eastern Airlines and United Mine Workers also participated in this rally. In the background of this image, there are signs and banners that read: "Jobs with Justice"; "IBEW [International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers] Second District"; "International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 2327, Augusta, Maine"; "I.B.E.W. Local #2222, Boston, Mass."; "Boston Rainbow Coalition Supports CWA on Strike Against NYNEX"; and "Telephone Division, Local 2322, IBEW."
Date:
August 15, 1989
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(M163) Box 12, Folder 27 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Chinese Progressive Association records (M163)
Subjects:
Employee rights
Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston
Strikes and lockouts--Massachusetts--Boston
Strikes and lockouts--Telephone companies
Chinese Progressive Association (Boston, Mass.)
NYNEX Corporation
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 photograph : 5 x 3.5 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20190287
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Notes:
Collection Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20296997
Identifier:
A023153