Name/Title
United Mine Workers + Solidarność stickerEntry/Object ID
MW.0077Description
Fluorescent paper sticker expressing support for the popular Polish Solidarność political and trade union movement. "America" and "Polska" appear above and below an inverted set of miner's pick and shovel.Context
Solidarność was widely supported internationally, with the AFL CIO raising money in the United States and many unions expressing solidarity with the movement. In particular, this sticker may reference the 1981 coal miners' strikes and government repression, including the massacre at the Wujek coal mine on December 16, 1981 and the strike at the Piast Coal Mine in Bieruń, December 14-28, 1981.Collection
UMWA CollectionInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
PrintingTranscription
UNITED
MINE WORKERS
(AMERICA
POLSKA)
SOLIDARNOŚĆType
Union BugLocation
bottom centerTranscription
Allied Printing Trades Council
102 (Las Vegas, Nevada)