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Packinghouse Union Work Stoppage

Date: 1952
Description: Members of the United Packinghouse Workers Local 80 picketing the Campbell Soup Company plant. The union had walked out as a result of wage, union shop, an...
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UPWA's Wilson Strike

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 20 on strike against the Wilson Company. They are standing outside their union...
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Union Worker Supports Civil Rights

Date: 1960
Description: Members of a Des Moines United Packinghouse Workers of America local picket outside a Woolworth's store to demonstrate their opposition to segregation of W...
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Cudahy Union Employees

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Description: Informal outdoor group portrait of several Cudahy employees who were members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Union.
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Packinghouse Workers Organizing

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Description: During the 1930s the CIO's Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee PWOC) began a national organizing campaign among packinghouse workers. This undated p...
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Don't Buy Scab Meat

Date: 11 1955
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America picketers protest the hiring of temporary scab labor by the Colonial Provisions Company. Although no location or dat...
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On Strike at Jones-Chambliss

Date: 02 1949
Description: An unidentified striking member of the United Packinghouse Workers of America at the Jones-Chambliss company. This photograph appeared in the Packinghouse ...
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Representation Election

Date: 09 1962
Description: Vying to represent some Illinois packinghouse workers are (left to right) representatives of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA), the Amalgam...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations. The use of low wage workers led to con...
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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 186 in a picket line at Lookout Oil & Refining Company, a producer of salad and vegeta...
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Workers on Strike

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: A group portrait near a railroad crossing of striking workers who hold signs with messages, including: "Higher Wages, Not Higher Prices".
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Striking Workers with Signs

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs.
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Crowd of Striking Workers

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Description: View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike. Some hold signs, while one holds an American flag.
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Men and Women on Strike

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Description: Striking men and women workers march together carrying signs.
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Women on Strike

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Description: Two female workers on strike pose together, smiling. Other striking workers, both men and women, are visible behind them.
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Crowd of Workers on Strike

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Description: View from across street of a crowd of workers on strike, gathered in a parking lot near a railroad crossing.
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Striking workers march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Marching Workers on Strike

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Description: A group of striking workers march together carrying signs near a railroad crossing.
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Striking Workers

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Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.

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