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Cafeteria Workers On Strike

To protest schedule changes, African American cafeteria workers at the Atlanta Ordnance Depot went on strike in March of 1945. German prisoners of war (POWs) performed the vacated work.

Cafeteria Workers on Strike
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Subject
Labor

Creator
Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance,
Record Group 156

Source
Assorted Records, 1942-1948

Date
March 5, 1945

Rights
National Archives at Atlanta

Format
Textual Document

Identifier
National Archives Identifier 6997262

Coverage
Atlanta (Ga.)

Original Format
Paper
Tags
African Americans | Georgia | Labor | Prisoners of War |
Strike | World War II
 

 

 

 

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