Single sheet flyer with text on the top half: “Come one! Come all! Is ‘more money’ the real reason the players are striking? -- no! The players don’t want to be owned by their employers for their entire careers! If you agree that they shouldn’t then join the striking Broncos on the picket line!!! Join other AFSCME members and their families!!!” “Where: Mile High Stadium south side when: 10:30 this Sunday. Wear your AFSCME t-shirt.”
On the bottom half is an old-fashioned balancing scale with “owners” on the heavier side and a “player” struggling to hang on to the lighter side. Underneath that is the AFSCME “in the public service” logo. From the AFSCME Organizing Department records at the Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
“No freedom, no football.” In the 1970s, professional football players went on strike for free agency. @afscme.bsky.social members in Colorado joined Broncos players on the picket line.
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