A half million telephone workers walked off the job nationwide 7/14 but there was little disruption of normal phone service as automated equipment and supervisory personnel handled calls. This striker proudly displays his shirt as he walks the picket line in front of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington.

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Title:
A half million telephone workers walked off the job nationwide 7/14 but there was little disruption of normal phone service as automated equipment and supervisory personnel handled calls. This striker proudly displays his shirt as he walks the picket line in front of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Telephone Workers: U.S.
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
UPI
Date:
[ca. July 1971]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Strikes
Telephone industry
Places:
District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 221 x 281 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zc77x123k
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001384_0003
Barcode:
39999088103591