A.C.I.U. Headquarters Local No. 2

June 1914

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A.C.I.U. Headquarters Local No. 2
  • Title
  • A.C.I.U. Headquarters Local No. 2
  • Date
  • June 1914
  • Identifier
  • 913.24.SW
  • Description
  • A group of men and boys stand outside of the ACIU headquarters, Local No. 2. Meetings of strikers took place here after the union voted to walk out of "The Switch". Notice signs in the grocery store window that read June 2nd. The signage looks to be advertisements. While this does not confirm a date, it is interesting in that the Local No. 2 did not walk out until the 12th and the original strike in East Pittsburgh did not begin until June 5th. This further complicates the question of the origins and dates of the photographs in the Union Switch & Signal Strike album. The 1914 strike at the Union Switch & Signal Plant began on June 12th when between 1,100 and 1,400 employees walked out at lunch time to picket and join some 2000 strikers from other Westinghouse plants marching on Edgewood and Braddock Avenues in Swissvale. Organized by the Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union, the strikers demanded an eight-hour day, reinstatement of discharged union men, permission for workmen to elect grievance committees, and higher overtime and holiday rates. The union claimed victory upon culmination of the walkout on June 27th, saying that the company had agreed to allow committees and consider the other grievances. Company general manager H.G. Prout dismissed these claims however, asserting that no promises were made to the employees.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Men
    Strikes and lockouts
    Children
    Boys
    Buildings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Swissvale (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Union Switch & Signal Strike Photograph Collection, June 1914
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Union Switch & Signal Strike Photographs
  • Rights Information
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