A scarce and compelling group of broadsides related to the labor movement in Sacramento, CA, and its connections with the Communist Party.

The collection includes fliers and leaflets pertaining to the following: a demonstration for National Unemployment Insurance Day; an open hearing on the conditions facing the thousands of homeless and migratory youth in the State of California, held at the South Side Park Clubhouse and sponsored by the Sacramento Branch of the Provisional Committee of Homeless Youth; a Mass meeting at the Sacramento Workers Center to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Russian Revolution; a “Big Reception Meeting” to “greet the 1,000 Hunger March delegates from all over the state; an “all-out” demonstration organized by the the Unemployment Councils of Sacramento in support of Assembly Bill No. 1910; a Migratory Workers Protest demanding better food and living conditions; two May Day–related “down tools” demonstrations; and a mobilization meeting held in Plaza Park in opposition of the County Welfare Department’s “War on Hungry Defenseless workers. There is also a flier which decries a number of recent “frame-ups” perpetrated in the state and across the country.

The broadsides mention a number of local and nationally known labor and other Civil Rights–related figures and events including Tom Mooney, the Imperial Valley Boys, the Scottsboro Boys, Edith Berkman, Warren Billings, the Wheatland Hop Riot, and more. As well, many of the broadsides stress that everyone is welcome regardless of race, sex, age, religion, or creed.

Overall, a dynamic collection that, taken as a whole, helps tell the story of the Labor Movement in California.

From the estate of Ron Lerch.