Description
The photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice, pictured in the center of the trio, picketing with strikers of the Rodgers Dairy Company and the Brass Rail Restaurant. Monsignor Rice is wearing a poster held by string around his neck. The poster reads, Rodgers Dairy Employees ON STRIKE for better wages, hours and working conditions. Local Joint Executive Board. The man on the left is wearing the same sign. The man on the right is wearing a poster like the others, but instead of saying Rodgers Dairy it says Brass Rail. The date is unknown, but both companies are Pittsburgh based.
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
