The Picket Lines were sometimes the site of Contentious Confrontations

ID: 560 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Paul Marino.
This file appears in: The 1970s Sprague Electric Strike
The Picket Lines were sometimes the site of Contentious Confrontations

Even though many of the people in the picket line were friends and coworkers, there were other people who did not partake in the strike but needed to go to work in order to survive.

This file appears in: The 1970s Sprague Electric Strike

By Paige Wandrei
During a 10-week long strike in North Adams, workers stood outside the fences of the Sprague Electric Company in strike for better pay and conditions. This event changed the dynamic of Sprague Electric from fast productions to a much slower pace.…