Boise Cascade strikers, Rumford, 1980

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Members of the United Paperworkers International who were on strike at the Boise Cascade paper mill in Rumford move out of the way of a large truck trying to deliver a load of pulp to the mill on July 30, 1980.

About 1,200 members of the union went on strike after rejected a contract offer. Nine strikers who tried to block delivery of pulp trucks had been arrested two days before this photo was taken.

The strike lasted about a month.

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About This Item

Title: Boise Cascade strikers, Rumford, 1980
Creator: Eugene S. Willman
Creation Date: 1980-07-30
Subject Date: 1980-07-30
Location: Rumford, Oxford County, ME
Media: Photographic print
Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 25.5 cm
Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 3/4
Collection: United Press International collection
Object Type: Image

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