Private Police
Scope and Content Note: Wackenhuts--limited role. Low pay. Before strike, local security. Pinkertons added just before strike. Wackenhuts arrive when strike begins. Only Wackenhuts had top security clearance inside plants. Estimates 20 guards per shift. At first, transport scabs. Later scabs cross on own and number of Wackenhuts reduced. Cameras monitor pickets. Low-paid Wackenhuts--“pretty much a ragtag group.” Wackenhuts establish local foothold as result of strike.