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1969 Press Photo ILA President Gleason & others discuss New Orleans dock strike

This is an original press photo. International Longshoremen's Association President Thomas Gleason (second from left) announce at a New Orleans press conference that the 75,000 member union supports the New Orleans strikers "1,000 per cent" in their demands for a contract on a par with a tentative agreement reached for the Port of New York. Others from left are Alfred Chittenden, head of Local 1418; Gleason; Clarence "Chink" Henry, local union official and Ralph Massey of Galveston, TX, President of South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District.Photo measures 10.5 x 8 inches. Photo is dated 01-29-1969.

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