Papermakers on strike, Rumford, 1980
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Maine Historical Society
Some 1,200 members of the United Paperworkers International Union struck the Boise-Cascade mill in July 1980. The company and the workers disagreed about the proposed wage and benefit package.
The man on the right is Joseph E. Thibeault Jr., a longtime employee of the company. The man on the left, holding the sign, is Henry "Frenchie" Pellerin.
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