Strikers get into a car during the Conference of Studio Unions 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.
Studio employee during the Conference of Studio Unions 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.
City, company and union officials are seeking a way to bring a peaceful conclusion to the railway strike. General Manager P. B. Harris, Counsel J. Stuart Neary, Vice-President Richard Sasche and President Samuel M. Haskins of the Los Angeles Railway, International Vice-President Patrick Joseph O'Brien of Detroit, International Vice-President R. B. Armstrong of Shreveport, and former president of the State Federation of Labor and present member of the Municipal Board of Public Works A. W. Hoch gather to discuss the strike in Mayor Shaw's office.
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.
This photograph appears with the headline, “Police Hurl Tear Gas to Break Up Wild Strike Riot at Seventh and Broadway,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1934: 3.
Throngs of men and women are seen associating with one another from an aerial shot of the room. Some of them look into the camera and some wear uniforms.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the headline, “Police Hurl Tear Gas to Break Up Wild Strike Riot at Seventh and Broadway,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1934: 3.
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.
The Conference of Studio Unions strike was 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.
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.