Accession Number: 2006.6.4
Description: Twenty-one (21) digital images numbered on the disc 12-32. #12) John Zinninger(left) and Kevin Saltz walk the picket line in front of the APH main entrance on Frankfort Avenue. #13) A line of APH workers man the picket line on Frankfort Avenue, left to right: Vicky Judd, Bobbia Mackie, Barbara Rodgers, unknown, unknown, a cardboard windshield is erected to right. #14) Deborah Hacker emerges from a doorway at ?? State Street, holding a soda and bowl of food. #15) Mike Hardin, left, and Lonnie Carnes stand on State Street opposite APH, in front of the house used by the union as an HQ. #16) Rita Hayes yawns, holding a cup of coffee. #17) Shop steward Kathy Peak brews coffee at the union HQ at ?? State Street. #18) Kevin Saltz(left) and Wanda Mullikan enjoy a coffee and pastry at the union HQ on State Street. #19) Wanda Mullikan stands under an umbrella next to a propane heater at the entrance to the back APH parking lot on State Street. #20) Ronald O'Bannon (left) and Michael Scroggins mug for the camera on the picket line on Frankfort Avenue. #21) Cassandra Gardner stands on State Street opposite APH. #22) Cassandra Gardner, an unknown boy, and unknown man the picket on Frankfort Avenue in front of APH. #23) Left to right, Cassandra Gardner, unknown man, Ron Warren, and unknown seated person in the union HQ on State Street. #24) Rita Mudd (left) and Kathy Peak at the union HQ on State Street. #25) A line of strikers in the snow outside the loading dock on State Street. Don Asbury is on the far right. #26) A repeat of image #18. #27) Donnie Asbury, left and Kevin Saltz stand under an umbrella next to a propane heater at the picket outside the back APH parking lot on State Street. #28) A repeat of image#19. #29) Margie Cosby in the union HQ on State Street. #30) Debra Hacker poses in front of the "Grinch" on State Street. #31) Joyce Garner poses in front of the "Grinch" on State Street. #32) Rita Hayes relaxes for a moment in a folding chair at the union HQ on State Street.
Date: 2005
History/Provenance: After two weeks of working without a contract, Teamster's Local 89 went on strike at APH on Tuesday, November 29, 2005. The primary reasons announced by the union were a failure to agree over health insurance and wage increases. It was the second strike at the plant since the production workers unionized in 1981. The first strike occurred in 1987 and lasted three weeks. The 2005 strike lasted into January and involved nearly 40% of the plant's workforce. The weather was cold and wet during most of December and January, forcing the pickets to walk in poor weather. The final settlement was very similar to the company's last offer in November. A number of union members crossed the line before the strike was officially ended.
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Vaughn, 2006.6
Subjects: Labor unions
