Anti-union propaganda mailed by the Christian American Association, 1940s.

Date:
1940/1949
URL at Partner site:
https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/SKennedy/id/13363/
DLG URL:
https://crdl.usg.edu/record/gsu_skennedy_13363
Subject:
Labor unions--Organizing and Kennedy, Stetson
Spatial coverage:
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
Medium:
photographic prints
Description:
Anti-union propaganda mailed by Christian American Association, based in Texas, which lobbied for open shop amendments to state constitutions. Text on mailer: "If You Believe in True Democracy-- If You Wish to Guarantee These Fighting Sons and Daughters of Yours and Ours, an Equal Opportunity To Earn When They Return-- the Right to Work Regardless of Membership in Some Labor Union or Lack of It... Write Now or Wire Today. Here's What YOU Can Do to End Discriminatory Labor Practices. Sign the 'Right to Work' Petition." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
Attribution:
Courtesy of the Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University, Stetson Kennedy Papers.
Identifier:
L1986-30_17
Holding Institution:
Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University
Collection:
Stetson Kennedy Papers