Historic Labor Demonstrations

Black and white images of workers protesting for job security in the steel industry, highlighting solidarity and labor rights in Germany.

With a spontaneous strike and demonstration, several thousand steelworkers of Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette resisted inflation on 8 February 1973, demanding a price compensation of 14 Pfennigs per hour, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration at Ministry of Agriculture by 400 Meats Concern Coveco employees against imminent mass dismissal. March 4, 1981

Here in Recklinghausen 10. 8. Herten 12. Gelsenkirchen 24. and Luenen 24. 10. of the year 1987 were unsuccessful. Sometimes the faces of the miners speak for themselves. Ruhr area. The Dwemonstzrationen of the IGBE for the preservation of jobs in the mining industry

With the last dog the coal mine Waltrop ended its coal feeding in the coalfield on 29.06.1979 in Dortmund-Waltrop, DEU, Germany, Dortmund

GDR report on Karl-Marx-Stadt (today: Chemnitz) from 10-15 September 1975 .VEB Germania Karl-Marx-Stadt Anlagenbau, DEU, Germany, Karl, Marx, Europe

Due to the energy and mining crisis, the Ruhr region was shaken by demonstrations, protests, coal dumps and disused mines from 1965 to 1970, Germany, Europe

Due to the high inflation rate, these workers also took part in the spontaneous strike - here at Varta in Hagen on 27 August 1973 - and demanded an allowance of 150 DM

Coal Bed methane development, WY

DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-90 Dortmund. Hoesch AG. IG Metall -Warning strike 6/1980, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Work interruption at Schiedamse Scheepswerf Wilton Fijenoord in connection with the imminent discount on disease. 11 February 1982

Anefo photo collection. Modinette A. G. WALS Heit Paal 163 for a classic factory. March 1, 1962

Chairman Mao Zedong, with members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, taking part in physical labor on the construction site of the reservoir at the Ming Tombs near Beijing on May 25, 1958. To his right, also with a shovel, is Peng Chen. Lin Biao () is holding the basket.

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the times 80-90s, Duisburg.steel strike ca. end 1979 IG Metall

Anefo photo collection. Ford Netherlands will close in Amsterdam; Staff informed. Ford staff at the factory. October 27, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Video Camera Mounted on Crane Coverage Crowd Mumbai Maharashtra India Asia Dec 2011 India Copyright: xVxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

The spontaneous strike, here on 10.9.1969 by the miners of the Minister Stein colliery, was one of the starting points of the strike movement of what later became known as the September strikes in the coalfield, Germany, Europe

Here in Recklinghausen 10. 8. Herten 12. Gelsenkirchen 24. and Luenen 24. 10. of the year 1987 were unsuccessful. Sometimes the faces of the miners speak for themselves. Ruhr area. The Dwemonstzrationen of the IGBE for the preservation of jobs in the mining industry

Dortmund. IG Metall warning strike at Hoesch AG on 18. 9. 1986

'No Comment' -- John L. Lewis, President of United Mine Workers Union, after he emerged from Orient Mine No. 2 yesterday, following an eight-hour inspection of scene of explosion where 119 miners were killed. Tired and dirty Lewis said he had reached his "own definite conclusions" but would make no further comment. December 27, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Richlands, Virginia, USA. April 1974. Shift of miners in the elevator which will take them down to work in the virginia-pocahontas mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia they are headed for the 1,200 foot level. The black hats signify that the men are experienced miners. The miner with the green hat is a safety man. These mines have three shifts, two working and one cleanup

The workers defended themselves against the threat of closure of their Stuebbe-Demag factory by occupying their Mannesmann plant, here on 4 March 1975, in Kalldorf, Germany, Europe

Employees at Mid-Continent Refinery, Tulsa, Okla. ca. 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Action week FNV against the cabinet policy 24-hour strike at 4 Rotterdam grain overhead companies. November 19, 1984. Hoogvliet

1940s THREE MEN COAL MINERS IN ANTHRACITE MINE LOOKING AT CAMERA PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON COMPANY POTTSVILLE PA USA

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the Amsterdam sports week, forklift games on the Dam. June 7, 1958

With a spontaneous strike on 14 August 1972 at the Friedr. Krupp Huettenwerke in Bochum, workers and employees defended themselves against the devaluation of their wages and salaries

70, 000 steelworkers, trade unions, friends and relatives demonstrated for the preservation of the Hoesch AG steel site and jobs on 28.11.1980 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

At the same time as Cologne and Hagen, the employees of Rheinstahl in Duisburg also went on spontaneous strike on 27 August 1973 in the metalworking industry without their union, Germany, Europe

The 2nd mining crisis, here a photo from 20. 1. 1972 in Dortmund-Huckarde at the Hansa colliery, was mainly characterised by coal and coke dumps

Dortmund. Demonstration for steel industry on 16. 1. 1987

Anefo photo collection. In construction site Stopera on Waterlooplein in Amsterdam, wooden "dolls". June 22, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The strike at the Ford factory, here in Cologne on 27-29 August 1973, was a spontaneous strike (wildcat strike) and part of the same series, dominated by Turkish migrants, also caused by strong inflation, Germany, Europe

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3000 steelworkers at the Peine-Salzgitter steelworks took to the streets in 1982 to protest out of concern for their jobs, Germany, Europe

The spontaneous strikes, here at Opel in Bochum on 15.9.1969, went down in history as the September strikes, Germany, Europe

Dortmund. IG Metall warning strike at Hoesch AG on 18. 9. 1986 Trainees

In the pre-Christmas period with its demands to the employers with the reduction of working time. here on 28. 11. 1990 at Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette, Dortmund: The warning strike of IG Metall, Germany, in the pre-Christmas period with its demands to the employers with the reduction of working time. DEU, here on 28. 1990 at Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette, Dortmund: The warning strike of IG Metall, Germany, DEU, Europe

The spontaneous strike, here on 10.9.1969 by the miners of the Minister Stein colliery, was one of the starting points of the strike movement of what later became known as the September strikes in the coalfield, Germany, Europe

Hattingen. Demonstration in front of the Henrichshuette steelworks in 1988. The coalfield must live

Here in Recklinghausen 10. 8. Herten 12. Gelsenkirchen 24. and Luenen 24. 10. of the year 1987 were unsuccessful. Sometimes the faces of the miners speak for themselves. Ruhr area. The Dwemonstzrationen of the IGBE for the preservation of jobs in the mining industry

The strike at the Ford factory, here in Cologne on 27-29 August 1973, was a spontaneous strike (wildcat strike) and part of the same series, dominated by Turkish migrants, also caused by strong inflation, Germany, Europe

Energy) on 24. 10. 1987, Luenen. Thousands of miners at a demonstration of the IGBE Mining Industrial Union

Du-Rheinhausen. Steelworkers of the Krupp steelworks fight for their jobs in 1987 and occupied the Rhine bridge (Bridge of Solidarity) on 10. 12. 1987 . Rheinhausen became the symbol of the steel crisis

At the same time as Cologne and Hagen, the employees of Rheinstahl in Duisburg also went on spontaneous strike on 27 August 1973 in the metalworking industry without their union, Germany, Europe

In the pre-Christmas period with its demands to the employers with the reduction of working time. here on 28. 11. 1990 at Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette, Dortmund: The warning strike of IG Metall, Germany, in the pre-Christmas period with its demands to the employers with the reduction of working time. DEU, here on 28. 1990 at Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette, Dortmund: The warning strike of IG Metall, Germany, DEU, Europe

Dortmund-Waltrup, The last dog, colliery mining is closed on 29, 6, 1979 Miners

Energy) on 24. 10. 1987, Luenen. Thousands of miners at a demonstration of the IGBE Mining Industrial Union

Workers on a ship breaking yard in Bangladesh

Du-Rheinhausen. Steelworkers of the Krupp steelworks fight for their jobs in 1987 and occupied the Rhine bridge (Bridge of Solidarity) on 10. 12. 1987 . Rheinhausen became the symbol of the steel crisis

With the last dog the coal mine Waltrop ended its coal feeding in the coalfield on 29.06.1979 in Dortmund-Waltrop, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

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Asia, Japan, Tokyo, 6 a.m. tuna auction, Tsukiji Market

Workers in an occupation of factory, 70's

Anefo photo collection. UCN factory in Almelo strand monitors I.V.M. The actions against the UCN that starts on 17 June; Fence along the UCN site. 15 June 1981. Almelo, Overijssel

The Oxygen steelworks Phoenix of Hoesch AG on 25. 7. 1973 produced steel. Today, the former steelworks is an amusement park on the Phoenixsee lake in Dortmund-Hoerde, Germany, Europe

The work of the steelworkers, like here on 31 August 1971 at the Mannesmann-Huettenwerke in Duisburg, is a hard job, Germany, Europe

Lady Docker in a Miner's Outfit; Visit to Pit with Sir Bernard - Sir Bernard and Lady Docker smeared with coal dust and wearing miner's overalls and helmets after their visit to the coal face.Industrialist Sir Bernard Docker and his elegant wife, Norah, want down a coalmine to-day (Sunday). They paid a visit to the water Haigh colliery, Rothwell, near leeds, Yorkshire and descended 870 feet at NO.1 shaft. At the actual coalface, Lady Docker herself dug a piece of coal with a pick. She intends to keep it as a souvenir. March 21, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Gold miner working deep underground, near Johannesburg, South Africa

The 4th Trade Union Congress of the Mining and Energy Workers' Union (IG Bergbau und Energie - IGBE) on 22 February 1967 in Bonn in the Beethovenhalle, Germany, Europe

Miner in Wales.

With the last dog the coal mine Waltrop ended its coal feeding in the coalfield on 29.06.1979 in Dortmund-Waltrop, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

The work of the steelworkers, like here on 31 August 1971 at the Mannesmann-Huettenwerke in Duisburg, is a hard job, Germany, Europe

Mettenschicht in the Ehrenfriedersdorf tin mine

Peine near Salzgitter. Stalwerker protest. ca. 1981-2

With every turn of the wheel of his tractor, a Jewish farmer contributes to building Socialism, Dlugach, Mikhail Oskarovich (1893-1989)

Porträtt av tre glasblåsare.

The work of the steelworkers, like here on 31 August 1971 at the Mannesmann-Huettenwerke in Duisburg, is a hard job, Germany, Europe

DEU, Germany, Essen : Foundation stone. Building of a house, construction site of private houses, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Montagehal at Stork Workspur Diesel commissioned by Den Uyl in Amsterdam; Premier den Uyl (L) and Samkalden at Speech of Erasmus /. January 15, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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