Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Names: American Federation of Labor / Subject: Legal / Date: 1945 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Police officer talking to a little girl with an A.F. of L. Picket band on her lap. Other men are presumably AFL-Conference of Studio Unions member during their strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives