Name/Title
UMWA Solidarity Day 1981 stickerEntry/Object ID
MW.0062Description
Die-cut paper sticker representing District 31 of the United Mine Workers during the first Solidarity Day march in Washington DC on September 19, 1981. Illustration depicts a handshake between white and dark-skinned hands.Context
The AFL–CIO's Solidarity Day march in Washington, D.C., in September 1981, came a few weeks into the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, during which then-President Ronald Reagan fired 12,000 air traffic controllers. The Solidarity Day march drew between 260,000 and 500,000 people.
District 31 has the largest active membership in the UMWA, but covers the smallest geographic area, representing workers in northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio.Collection
UMWA CollectionInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
PrintingTranscription
DISTRICT 31
SOLIDARITY
DAY
SEPTEMBER 19, 1981
UMWAType
Union BugLocation
bottom centerTranscription
International Typographical Union (ITU), Morgantown (WV)