Strike 1940s not selected

  • United Fruit Company Papers
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Title
Strike 1940s not selected
Identifier
A2021.001/B002(08)
Creator
  • Chiriqui Land Company
  • United Fruit Company
Coverage
Panama
Publisher
United Fruit Company
Date
1942 - 1946
Description
Series consists of material related to the United Fruit Company’s relationship to labour organizing and unions on their Costa Rican and Panamanian plantations, documenting the ways the company tracked and monitored labour organizing activity among their workers. In particular, the series includes records related to the strikes that took place in 1918, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, including correspondence and lists that name individual labor ‘agitators’ and workers deported as a result of participation in strikes. Also included are letters from or about Serafino Romualdi (1900-1967), Latin American representative of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Assistant Secretary of the InterAmerican Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT). Records include correspondence, lists, and newspaper clippings.