Progressive Mine Workers of America Anthracite Organizers, District 9, Shamokin, Pa.
Date:
1938
Description:
Group portrait of anthracite organizers of the P.M.W.A. 'Org- Dist - 9 - Pa. - Shamokin, Pa.' From left to right, Fisher, O'Gara, Director Donohue, Koble.
Ozanic, Joseph (at right) at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Date:
1938/08/29
Description:
Joe Ozanic (on right) and another man sitting in a cart at the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Joseph Ozanic was a Progressive Mine Workers of America Activist and Officer.
LaPage, V.Q. Secretary of the Omaha Central Labor Union
Date:
1944/09/04
Description:
Article reads: 'Building Service Employees Local No. 226' 'Since the chartering of our organization in August of 1940, the Building Service Employees Local No. 226 in Omaha has made considerable gains for its membership. Our organization received wage increases of from 25% to 50% in this period of time. In the past year we have expanded considerably. We represent 99% of the custodial employees of the public schools, and now have contracts with the Omaha Steel Company for the guards, Skinner Manufacturing Company for all custodial employees, and the Alcohol Plant for guards. We have been fighting for better conditions for the elevator operators in the city of Omaha, and for our organized elevator operators we have just recently received a directive from the War Labor Board authorizing a 10-cent an hour increase in their wages with retroactive back pay to May of 1943. All of the members of Building Service Employees Local No. 226 have made substantial contributions to the war effort by purchasing more than their 10% quota of war bonds, by donating blood plasma to the Red Cross and by seeing their brother members and sons and daughters int he armed forces serving their country...'
Volunteer Org. Committee Meeting at I.B.E.W. Headquarters, Oklahoma City, Ok.
Date:
1958/05/14
Description:
Group portrait of committee members standing and seated at tables during the W.E. Campaign, Volunteer Organization Committee meeting in Oklahoma City, Ok.
Mother Jones Memorial, Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois
Date:
1950/10/12
Description:
Group portrait of five men with standing in front of the Mother Jones Memorial. A framed portrait of Mother Jones sits on the ground in front of the group.
Educational Conference at I.B.E.W. Headquarters, Oklahoma City, Ok.
Date:
1958/05/03
Description:
Group portrait of W.E. employees standing and seated at tables during I.B.E.W. Educational Conference. 92 workers attended. Rep's - Mace, McAliley, Gillis, Ozanic, Ens.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Headquarters
Date:
1958/02/07
Description:
Five men in front of I.B.E.W. Headquarters. 'Left to right: Jerry Gray, Asst. Bus-Mgr-IBEW Local 1141-Okla City; Oscar Pennington, Fin-Sec'y-Local 1141, Okla City; Raymond Duke, Bus-Manager, IBEW Local 1141-Okla City; Forrest Conlley, Int'l-Rep-IBEW, 7th Dist-Fortworth, Tex.; Me-Gumpo; All these guys cooperating with me nicely and helping every way they can - but which due to them having their own work full time for their own local union cant do very much with me, except let me use their office anyway I want to, hold my mail for me from the Washington office, put me in touch with places I need to know, and how to find certain places and people, etc, etc-all of which helps a lot. Duke and his wife did an awful lot of work for me helping out on my Open House Deal - buying the groceries and making the coffee and serving the people as they came in. I appreciate it a lots.'
'From Wide World Photos. Please use credit. AFL opens war on Lewis' miners. The newly chartered Progressive Miners Union, American Federation of Labor organization, opened their office here today as the first stop in the AFL campaign against John L. Lewis' CIO organization stronghold. Head of the new union is Joe Ozanic, sppointed last week in Washington by William Groon, AFL president. Photo shows Joe Ozanic, head of the Progressive Miners Union, at his Chicago office. With him is his 19-year-old daughter, Evelyn, who is also his private secretary.'
American Federation of Labor President , William Green, with Coal Mined by Progressive Mine Workers of America
Date:
1938/05/28
Description:
'A.F. of L., Union Coal: President Green stopped and had this picture taken in front of a truck loaded with slabs of coal mines by the International Union, Progressive Mine Workers of America, the most recently chartered international union in the Federation. The foregoing are only a few of the exceptional exhibits at the Exposition. The display was so vast and interesting that thousands of visitors made several trips to the Music Hall, so as not to miss anything.'
Two men smile for the camera in front of the foundation for the Mother Jones monument. A child stands on the monument and a group of men are gathered behind it.
