Black-and-white photographic prints depicting labor activism demonstrations, protests, marches, pickets, strikes and walkouts in Philadelphia. Images include the Labor Party Constitutional Convention in Pittsburgh, PA (p. 1-10, 13-16, 125-126); Labor union leader, Tony Mazzocchi at the Labor Party Constitutional Convention in Pittsburgh, PA (p. 11-12); Federal government-sponsored Teamster union convention to elect a new president in Philadelphia, PA in 1996, including nominee James Hoffa, Jr. (p. 17-24); Unite union protests, including National union leader and others and Bernie Dinkin, president of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, John Fox in Philadelphia, PA (p. 25-44); Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union confront negotiators (p. 45-46); Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (p. 47-56); 1199C president, Henry Nicholas with honorees, including Pennsylvania Senator, Arlen Specter (p. 63-68, 81-86); 1199C demonstrations (p. 69-73, 87-92); Director of training and upgrading for 1199C, Jim Ryan, with students (p. 73-74); 1199C union demonstrates outside CHOP regarding privatized healthcare in 1991 (p. 75-76); 1199C union training and upgrading graduation (p. 77-78, 83-84); Director of training and upgrading for 1199C, Jim Ryan, with Estelle Richman (p. 79-80); 1199C president, Henry Nicholas with AFCSME representing grocery store employees during a gathering at the bi-centennial celebration in 1987 (p. 85-86, 145-146); Protestors demonstrating to stop the closure of Medical of College of Pennsylvania (p. 93-96, 99-100); University of Pennsylvania student protest against sweatshops (p. 101-104); Jobs With Justice protesting outside the Philadelphia Museum of Arts, including POWER, a minister group in support of labor unions (p. 105-108); Protest against current NAFTA agreement relating to mushroom workers, also known as Kaolin workers, including Asian Americans United union members (p. 123-124); New Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine, with 1199C president, Henry Nicholas (p. 127-128); Thomas Paine Cronin with union workers (p. 129-130); Protest against current NAFTA agreement relating to mushroom workers, also known as Kaolin workers, including Asian Americans United union members (p. 133-134, 159-160); Director of Jobs With Justice, Fabricio Rodriguez, confronting staff at Temple University (p. 135-138); and Justice For Janitors and SCIU protest (p. 153-159). Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer and photojournalist who has documented social, economic, cultural, and political issues across the city of Philadelphia, the United States, and the world. Finkle's work largely focuses on activism relating to historically underrepresented communities, including people living on low income, unhoused/unsheltered/houseless people/people experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people.
The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Notes:
All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.
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