Protest at Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, 1946
This photograph shows members of the United Tobacco Workers Local 22 union striking on a picket line at the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, N.C. in June of 1946. The picket line grew as supportive employees from other Reynolds plants joined during their lunch hours.
Image used courtesy of the Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Jones, Frank. "Protest at Piedmont Leave Tobacco Company, 1946." Photograph. 1946. Forsyth County Public Library: Digital Forsyth. https://www.digitalforsyth.org/photos/1022
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