Photograph: On Strike Teamsters Union Local 912

Members of Teamsters Union Local 912 walking the picket line. From the Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection at UCSC Special Collections.

Questions

What does the photograph tell you about the strikers? What can you infer from this image about who is participating in the strike?
What might the conditions have been for the strikers, walking the daily picket line?

Cannery workers on the picket line holding signs and wearing hats and scarves to protect themselves from the heat

On Strike Teamsters Union Local 912. City on A Hill, 26 Sept. 1985, pg. 5. Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection. University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections.