1975 Press Photo Uncollected garbage on street during wildcat strike in New York

New York - Garbage (Garbage After Wildcat Strike). New York. This is a view looking south on Columbus Avenue at 83rd Street in Manhattan Tuesday showing garbage piled up uncollected because of a wildcat strike by New York City sanitation. They were protesting the firing of 19,000 city employees ordered by Mayor Abraham D. Beame to meet the new budget.

Photo is dated 1975.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10 inches.