Strikes and lockouts

Employees of Coca-Cola plant on strike in Sikeston, Missouri. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

A man posting notice of coal mine seizure by the federal government. This action was in response to a coal miner's strike. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo No. 306-NT-136.

Miners gathered around a sign from Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, announcing the seizure of the coal mines. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

AFL-CIO strike, with sign Yorkville Radio in background. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Strike of television workers during Republican Convention in Philadelphia. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo No. 306-NT-135.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. Surrounding Steelman are (from left to right) C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System; unidentified man; Lawrence W. Horning; Daniel P. Loomis; Leverett Edwards, two unidentified men; R. O. Hughes; J. P. Shields; and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.

Korean police break up a riot and load strikers into U.S. Army trucks in Seoul, Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Korean police break up a riot and load strikers into U.S. Army trucks in Seoul, Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Press Secretary Charles Ross posting the official announcement of the seizure of the nation's railroads by Presidential order in an effort to avert a transportation tie up by the strike, due to be called tomorrow, amid a scene of wild confusion as reporters flash the news by telephone to their offices. From: 12x18 Metal album with letters CGR.