Urgent! Today!! Emergency Mobilization Flier
No Place: C.O.P.S., RSU et al, Publisher, 1969. Unbound. Good. Item #016907
No place or date, presumed Berkeley, CA: 1969. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on both sides. A flier issued to rally support for Standard Oil workers who were on strike, and who were attacked by "goon squads" after student picketers left the strike. This incident occurred on February 3, 1969. The flier seeks to mobilize students, dressed in self-defense gear, to support the oil worker strikers. The reverse gives background to the strike and the demands of the oil workers. The workers had struck in January of 1969, seeking a 72 cent wage increase, a full hospital plan and other benefits. 3700 workers struck in the Bay Area, with 60000 going on strike nationally. The strike was unsuccessful, and some postmortems (by the left) assert that student activists in essence took over the strike, at least in the Bay Area, which led to some of the workers becoming lax in their efforts. The flier itself was supported by groups such as Progressive Labor, the Revolutionary Student Union, the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and the Young Socialist Alliance. GOOD+ condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present. Minor toning.
Price: $20.00