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Award to Chavez

Date: 1969
Description: Cesar Chavez (center) head of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee, receives a Ghandi commemorative medal from Theodore Mazarello (left) of the Gandhi Cen...
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Ralph Helstein

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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Ralph Helstein

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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Patrick Gorman

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Description: Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, with Hilton Hanna, of Madison, Wisconsin, also a leader in that interna...
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Orear and Helstein

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Description: Leslie Orear, (left) labor historian and editor of the Packinghouse Worker magazine, with Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Worke...
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Union Election

Date: 02 06 1973
Description: Local P-28 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union votes for their officers.
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Meany and Kennedy

Date: 1963
Description: George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, pins a medal on the lapel of President John F. Kenne...
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Democratic Phone Bank

Date: 11 1960
Description: A volunteer phone bank of member of the United Packinghouse Workers locals 88 and 21: Ruby Espionga, Gayle Hill, Beatrice Holland, and Ann Wilson.
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Philip Murray at the UPWA Convention

Date: 05 1950
Description: Philip Murray (dark suit in the center of the photo), the president of the CIO, being escorted to the podium to speak to the annual convention of the Unite...
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CIO Convention

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Elevated view of the annual convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the Palmer House hotel.
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First AFL-CIO Convention

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the first national convention after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Labor Institute

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Description: The summer labor institute sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. The delegates are probably all representatives of District 3. Russell L...
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Strike Kitchen

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Description: Strikers from the United Packinghouse Workers union in Topeka taking a coffee break from their picketing. The strikers were employees of the Hill Packing C...
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Labor Union School

Date: 08 1957
Description: People in line during lunchtime during the District 8 labor institute.
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Union Merger

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Description: Events leading up to the merger of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and the United Packinghouse Workers unions included this appearance by Patrick Gorman of the...
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UPWA Union Man

Date: 1944
Description: An unidentified United Packinghouse of America member. He is wearing badges that identify him as an employee at the Swift Company plant in Chicago and the ...
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Meatpackers Dance

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Description: Dance sponsored by the Women's Activities Committee of Local 13 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America union. Although the location is unidentified...
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Contract Ratification Vote

Date: 10 1962
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 783 voting on the contract with the Swift Company.
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Union Contract Signing

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Description: S. Dillon Foss and L. McDonald of the United Packinghouse Workers of America signing a contract with the Nichols-Foss Packaging Company.
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Atlanta Stewards Training

Date: 1947
Description: A stewards' training class conducted by local 108 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.

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