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Saving Rent Control
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Emma Milton (left) of Omaha, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Union local 60, is seen here circulating a petition to save the rent control instituted during World War II. The deregulation election was scheduled for November.
September 4, 1949
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Union Election
February 6, 1973
Local P-28 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union votes for their officers.
Union Registration Effort
1950
For a 1950 election, the United Packinghouse Workers Union sponsored a free bus to transport people to the voter registration site.
Packinghouse Singing Caravan
1949
To foster better farmer-labor union relations, members of United Packinghouse Workers locals 8 and 169 organized a singing caravan that performed at fairs in Nebraska.
Representation Election
September 1962
Vying to represent some Illinois packinghouse workers are (left to right) representatives of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA), the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers (AMC...
Contract Ratification Vote
October 1962
Members of United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 783 voting on the contract with the Swift Company.
UPWA-AMCBW Merger
1968
Patrick Gorman (right) of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers Union, and next to him, Ralph Helstein of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, raise their hands at their 1968 merge...
