Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Some 1,200 members of the United Paperworkers International Union struck the Boise-Cascade mill in July 1980. The company and the workers disagreed about the proposed wage and benefit package.
The man on the right is Joseph E. Thibeault Jr., a longtime employee of the company. The man on the left, holding the sign, is Henry "Frenchie" Pellerin.
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About This Item
- Title: Papermakers on strike, Rumford, 1980
- Creator: UPI
- Creation Date: 1980-07-01
- Subject Date: 1980-07-01
- Location: Rumford, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 3/1
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Boise Cascade Corporation--Employees
- Mills--Maine--Rumford
- Paper industry--Maine--Rumford
- Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union
- Picketing--Maine--Rumford
- Strikes
- Strikes 1950-1990
- Strikes and lockouts--Paperworkers--Maine--Rumford
- United Papermakers and Paperworkers
- United Paperworkers International Union
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