Worker
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The Condition of the Laboring Man at Pullman (American cartoon, 1894)
Text: The Condition of the Laboring Man at Pullman. Year: 1894. Publisher: Chicago Labor newspaper. Artist: NA. Additional information: Depicts George Pullman, founder of the Pullman Company, squeezing a worker with ‘low wages’ and ‘high rent’. Published during the Pullman Strike, a significant labour strike triggered by wage cuts and layoffs at the Pullman Company.…
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Under new management (British cartoon, 1947)
Text: Under new management. Sign reads ‘Private Profit’. Year: 1947. Publisher: Daily Worker newspaper (later renamed Morning Star). Artist: NA. Additional information: The cartoon was published the day that the coal mines were formally nationalised under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, passed by Clement Attlee’s Labour government the year before as part of a broader…
