Subject: Strikes and lockouts

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Broadside: Call for Special Meeting of Retail Confectioners Protective Association, New York City, 1920 Broadside: Call for Special Meeting of Retail Confectioners Protective Association, New York City, 1920

A single-page broadside in English and Yiddish issued by J. G. Polakoff, President of the Retail Confectioners Protective Association. The broadside announces a special meeting at the Labor Lyceum to protest the strong-arm tactics of newspaper distributors. Dated circa January 1, 1920.

Letter Concerning the Philadelphia Shirtworkers' Strike of 1906 Letter Concerning the Philadelphia Shirtworkers' Strike of 1906

A letter, likely written in 1906, documenting an attempt to mediate the major shirtworkers' strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter references Dr. Aaron and Mrs. Brav's involvement in the mediation efforts. The document is part of Manuscript Collection 1410, Box 7, Folder 3.