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J.G. Brill Company Strike
Company-wide strike at the J.G. Brill Company, Philadelphia manufacturer of trams and streetcars.
14,000 On Strike in Phila. Area.
Article about textile industry strikes in the Philadelphia region
Motorcycle Police at Freihofer's, during the bakery drivers' strike, 1933.
The picture shows a group of motorcycle police watching a strike at Feihofer.
P.R.T. Report to Show Strike's Cost
The Rapid Transit Company or RTC was a pre-cursor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company or PRT, which was then a pre-cursor to SEPTA. In 1910, the PRT went on strike, and this article talks about how much that lost productivity has cost in…
Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Strike 1910
This newspaper article features the Kensington business men who played major roles in the Pennsylvania Rapid Transit strike of 1910. A caption for a featured photo reads: "A delegation of prominent merchants of the northeast section of the city went…
Her sewing keeps the country from coming apart at the seams
An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.