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The Local 15 union newsletter, FTA Vanguard, urging workers to join Local 15 to combat poor working conditions and low wages, July 18, 1947, Charleston, South Carolina, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Cigar Factory workers' demands on the American Tobacco Company, Charleston, South Carolina, from American Tobacco Strike News, November, 15, 1945, courtesy of Avery Research Center.

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Front page ofFTA News, March 1948, newpaper distributed by the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union (FTA-CIO), the governing body of the Cigar Factory workers' Local 15 union, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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FTA-CIO newspaper,FTA News, with images of Charleston's Local union members expressing their support for the FTA-CIO, March 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Charleston's Local 15 union newsletter, FTA Vanguard, encouraging workers to attend "educational discussions" on the Taft-Hartly Act and "why every worker's future depends on its repeal," September 12, 1947, Charleston, South Carolina, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Tobacco Workers International Union (TWIU) Local 271 pamphlet encouraging Charleston's Cigar Factory workers to vote for Local 257 in an upcoming labor election, ca. 1950, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Front page of American Tobacco Worker, newpaper printed by the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union (FTA-CIO), the parent organization of the Cigar Factory workers' Local 15 union, June 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Cigar Factory workers at a FTA-CIO Local 15 union meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from FTA News, March 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Local 15 union members at the Cigar Factory, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from FTA News, March 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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Local 15 union meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, detail image from American Tobacco Worker, June 1948, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

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