Portrait of labor leader Dolores Huerta
Portrait of labor leader Dolores Huerta in 1973 wearing a “There’s blood on those grapes!” shirt. The photograph was probably taken during the Gallo strike, in which farmworkers protested working conditions and low wages. Cris Sanchez, photographer. Permission has been granted for educational purposes only, courtesy of United Farm Workers Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University: https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/174.
Photo of Maria Lobifaro
Photo of Maria Lobifaro, a nurse at a VA hospital in Brooklyn, New York, that has been converted to care only for coronavirus patients. Lobifaro, a member of the largest union for registered nurses in the country, says her job involves too little protection, too much risk—and too many deaths. April 16, 2020. Courtesy: WETA/PBS NewsHour Productions: https://to.pbs.org/2Vw83Ya
Boarded-up United Mine Workers of America
Boarded-up United Mine Workers of America (UMW) local hall, Eccles, West Virginia. Mary Hufford, photographer. April 15, 2000. Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/cmns000297/
A mine guide gingerly walks the tracks
A mine guide gingerly walks the tracks within 1,500 feet of underground passages at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, a restored mine once operated by the Phillips Family in the late 1800s in what is now owned by the City of Beckley, West Virginia, and located in the city's New River Park. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Oct. 20, 2015. Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/2015634231/
Rate of Black Lung Disease among Miners May Be 10 Times Higher than Reported
In PBS NewsHour’s broadcast story “Rate of Black Lung Disease among Miners May Be 10 Times Higher than Reported,” a new NPR study finds miners are suffering from the most advanced form of lung disease at a rate ten times higher than the government has reported. Dec 16, 2016. Courtesy: WETA/PBS NewsHour Productions: https://to.pbs.org/2yped4E
Sculpture "Homage to Medicare and Medicaid"
Sculpture "Homage to Medicare and Medicaid" in main lobby of the Health Care Financing Administration Building, Woodlawn, Maryland. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. 2007. Medicaid and Medicare are government programs that provide aid including health care to poor and low-income people and senior citizens, respectively. Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720325/
Thousands of teachers protested at the state capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky
Thousands of teachers protested at the state capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on April 13, 2018, after the government made cuts in education funding and pension benefits. Educators pushed for better working conditions and salary increases. Courtesy Jessica Nissen Bauer of Jefferson County Public Schools via WETA/PBS NewsHour
Paycheck Fairness Act
After passing the Paycheck Fairness Act in the House of Representatives, Democratic Congresswomen attend a news conference on Equal Pay Day on April 2, 2019, to urge support of legislation aimed at reducing the pay disparity between men and women. The House passed the legislation largely along party lines before it moved to the Senate. Courtesy WETA/PBS NewsHour: https://to.pbs.org/2KaRCv5
