Mexican Americans--Texas--Austin
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Economy Furniture Company Strike Collection
Collection
Identifier: 22760279
Abstract
Legal papers, correspondence, minutes, agendas, printed materials, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia document the strike and other efforts of the Upholsterers' International Union (UIU) Local No. 456 to win collective bargaining rights at the Economy Furniture Company plant in Austin, Texas, from 1968-1972. The non-violent efforts of workers to win union recognition and a signed contract ended in 1971 after a two-and-a-half-year strike also known as the the "Austin Chicano Huelga."
Dates:
1968-1972,; 2004