The back of the photo states, "First Strike in Ketchikan at Filipino Bunkhouse."

The Wrangell Sentinel of July 1, 1938 reported that "CIO pickets went on duty at the Ketchikan Packing company plant. There was no violence and workmen went through the picket line safely despite jibes...There was a decided air of tension about the plant as dozens of interested observers gathered near the Tongass avenue bunk house where it was reported some Filipinos were eating lunch....Mrs. Ethel Moran, business agent for the CIO cannery workers' union, said her union will "insist on employment of local labor in preference to non-resident labor."

A statement from Frank Lloyd, president of the Ketchikan Packing Company, noted that "when our crew came to work this morning a picket line, composed almost exclusively of Puget sound seiners who have arrived in Ketchikan within the last week, had formed in front of our property...[this] is accounted for by the fact that they hope to form a coalition with the CIO cannery workers and through the CIO union force the Ketchikan canneries to purchase the fish of nonresident boats to the detriment of the resident seiners."

A final settlement agreed to a wage range of 40 to 65 cents an hour, with an additional 10 cents an hour for any work beyond a 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. day. Both sides also agreed to a 6-day work week and the ability for the company to freely select their employees.