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Poster relating to union demands for graphic art workers employed by commercial workshops

ca. 1940–42
Not on view
Three TGP artists collaborated on this poster, which was created for the Congress of Mexican Workers (CTM) to define union conditions for people employed in the graphic arts. The five conditions are illustrated and described in text: 1. a payday every week; 2. annual vacations; 3. an eight-hour workday; 4. access to medical care; 5. a study center for workers. The poster reflects the power that unions had in Mexico and their commitment to improving conditions for workers.



Tres artistas del TGP colaboraron en este cartel creado para el Congreso de Trabajadores Mexicanos (CTM) con el objetivo de definir las condiciones sindicales de los obreros especializados en las artes gráficas. Las cinco condiciones se ilustran y se describen en el texto: 1. Un día de pago cada semana; 2. Vacaciones anuales; 3. Una jornada laboral de ocho horas; 4. Acceso a atención médica; 5. Un centro de estudios para los obreros. El cartel refleja el poder que los sindicatos tenían en México y su compromiso con la mejora de las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster relating to union demands for graphic art workers employed by commercial workshops
  • Artist: Everardo Ramírez (Mexican, Coyoacán 1906–1992 Mexico City)
  • Artist: Ignacio Aguirre (Mexican, San Sebastián, Jalisco 1900–1990 Mexico City)
  • Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Printer: Industrial Gráfica, S.A. (en Balderas 130)
  • Date: ca. 1940–42
  • Medium: Woodcut, linocut, letterpress, in blue and red, backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 35 5/8 in. (67 × 90.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.489
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plate 21: President Porfirio Díaz being terrified by the 'Plan of San Luis de Potosí' being held in front of him by Francisco I Madero, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Everardo Ramírez Mexican, Linocut
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