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Two Faces of the UPWA
1948
Two members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 in New Orleans on strike against the Colonial Sugar Company. They graphically symbolize the UPWA's dedication to organizing African Americans ...
Don't Buy Scab Meat
November 1955
United Packinghouse Workers of America picketers protest the hiring of temporary scab labor by the Colonial Provisions Company. Although no location or dated is noted on the original photograph, it...
Swift Workers on Strike
September 1959
Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 167 on strike outside the Swift & Co. plant in St. Paul.
Worker Harassment
June 1955
Private security guards hired by the Colonial Sugar Company photograph striking members of the United Packinghouse Union. As the result of a court restraining order the strikers were "walking" alo...
Striking Sugar Workers
1955
Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by urging a product boycott. This picture is ...
Packinghouse Workers Strike
April 1948
As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appearing to throw rocks. Several strikers had ...
