United Automobile Workers Protest: Difference between revisions

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====Medium: [[:Category:Protest|Protest]] ====
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'''Artist:''' Factory workers at Caterpillar, Inc.  
'''Protestors:''' Factory workers at Caterpillar, Inc.  


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Caterpillar, Inc. management
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Caterpillar, Inc. management
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'''Location:''' Pontiac, IL
'''Location:''' Pontiac, IL


'''Description of Artwork:''' Slogans such as "No contract, no peace," and "Hey, hey, ho, ho. The final offer has to go."
'''Description of Speech:''' Slogans such as "No contract, no peace," and "Hey, hey, ho, ho. The final offer has to go."


'''The Incident:''' About 175 members of the United Automobile Workers union briefly walked off their jobs at a Caterpillar factory after being told they could no longer chant anti-company slogans in the plant. Caterpillar and the union have been locked in a contract dispute for two and a half years. The struggle included a 163-day strike that collapsed in April 1992 when the company imposed its final offer and threatened to replace all strikers.
'''The Incident:''' About 175 members of the United Automobile Workers union briefly walked off their jobs at a Caterpillar factory after being told they could no longer chant anti-company slogans in the plant. Caterpillar and the union have been locked in a contract dispute for two and a half years. The struggle included a 163-day strike that collapsed in April 1992 when the company imposed its final offer and threatened to replace all strikers.