After the plant closed, it was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 1982. UAW (United Automobile Workers) who worked at the Ford Pico Rivera Plant stand at the gate with pickets and petitions for persuading the auto manufacturer to convert the plant to a small car production instead of permanent shutdown. Photograph dated January 17, 1980.
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Ford Motor Company--Employees United Automobile Workers (A.F. of L.) Automobile industry workers--California--Pico Rivera Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--United States Labor union members--California--Pico Rivera Signs and signboards--California--Pico Rivera Automobile factories--California--Pico Rivera Protest movements--California--Pico Rivera Demonstrations--California--Pico Rivera Picketing--California--Pico Rivera Pico Rivera (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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