Skip to main content
Advanced Search
A group of cemetery workers standing behind an open grave.
Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 S.E.I.U. A.F.L. C.I.O., Ridgewood, N.Y.
A group of cemetery workers standing behind an open grave.
A group of cemetery workers standing behind an open grave.
Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 S.E.I.U. A.F.L. C.I.O., Ridgewood, N.Y., Neal Slavin, 1979, chromogenic print on Kodak Ektacolor 74 RC-N paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Neal Slavin.

Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 S.E.I.U. A.F.L. C.I.O., Ridgewood, N.Y.

Artist (American, born 1941)
Date1979
MediumChromogenic print on Kodak Ektacolor 74 RC-N paper
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 10 9/16 inches (26.8 × 26.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Groups in America" portfolio
Credit LineGift of The Estrin Family.
Object number2011.19.1.10
On View
Not on view
Copyright© Neal Slavin. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextCemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union, Local 365 S.E.I.U. A.F.L. ̶ C.I.O. Approximately 2,000 members President: Sam Cimaglia Vice-president: Sigmund Czak Recording Secretary: Stephen Cimaglia Secretary-Treasurer: John Thompson The main objectives of this organization are to seek proper wages and benefits for cemetery workers and to promote their welfare. One becomes a member of this union thirty days after being hired by a cemetery. The local is financially sustained by monthly dues of $5 and initiation fees for new members of $50. The organization was started in 1937 by workers in Greenwood Cemetery and then spread to sixty-three cemeteries located in New York City and in all five boroughs, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties, and New Jersey. One of the main extra activities of the union is a Scholarship Awards program for children of members. Each year two $1,200 scholarships are given. The program was started in 1968 and will continue for as long as the organization exists. In November 1973 President Sam Cimaglia went on a fourteen-day hunger strike to get a contract with the Newark Diocese Cemeteries. He also served a twenty-day jail sentence for a June 1973 strike of New York metropolitan area cemeteries. From When Two or More Are Gathered Together (1976) by Neal Slavin.
Telfair Museum
Copyright © Telfair Museum