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title: U.S. Labor Day poster, AFL-CIO greeting (Spanish poster distributed in Latin America)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/labor-day-greeting-afl-cio-poster-416-spanish-latin-america-1964/
description: A blue Spanish-language poster in which a steelworker on a girder, one hand on a crane hook marked AFL-CIO, waves to the viewer.
section: Collection
---

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[![U.S. Labor Day poster, AFL-CIO greeting, 1964 US poster: A blue Spanish-language poster in which a steelworker on a girder](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/labor-day-greeting-afl-cio-poster-416-spanish-latin-america-1964.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/labor-day-greeting-afl-cio-poster-416-spanish-latin-america-1964.jpg)

# U.S. Labor Day poster, AFL-CIO greeting (Spanish poster distributed in Latin America)

A blue Spanish-language poster in which a steelworker on a girder, one hand on a crane hook marked AFL-CIO, waves to the viewer. The text says North American workers on their Labor Day, 7 September, greet their Latin American comrades, and the girder reads 'Solidaridad sindical interamericana' (inter-American trade union solidarity). The tell is plain-folks combined with glittering generalities: a working man and a solidarity slogan stand in for the relationship the sheet asserts.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
LOS TRABAJADORES
NORTEAMERICANOS
EN SU DIA DEL TRABAJO

AFL-CIO

SALUDAN

SOLIDARIDAD
SINDICAL
INTERAMERICANA

A SUS COMPAÑEROS
LATINOAMERICANOS
SEPTIEMBRE 7
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
NORTH AMERICAN WORKERS
ON THEIR LABOR DAY

AFL-CIO

GREET

INTER-AMERICAN
TRADE UNION
SOLIDARITY

THEIR LATIN AMERICAN
COMRADES
SEPTEMBER 7
```

[← Thailand Is Vigilant photo poster (Thai, Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thailand-is-vigilant-poster-ppb-378-thai-bangkok-1964/) [Benefits of Northeast Development poster, PPB-366 (Thai, Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/benefits-northeast-development-ppb-366-thai-bangkok-1964/)

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