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Description
July 29, 1980 at Rumford's Boise Cascade paper mill found union workers on strike.
Nine pickets were arrested as they attempted to block pulp and chip trucks delivering loads to the mill.
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About This Item
- Title: United Paperworkers International strike, Rumford, 1980
- Creator: United Press International
- Creation Date: 1980-07-29
- Subject Date: 1980-07-29
- Location: Rumford, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 21 cm x 26 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 3/2
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Boise Cascade Paper Mill (Me.)--Photographs
- Kennebec Journal
- Labor unions--Maine--Rumford
- Laborers--Maine--Rumford--Photographs
- Paper industry--Maine--Rumford
- Photographers--Maine
- Strikes--Maine--Rumford
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