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Stocking the Strike Kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers
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Workers stocking the strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Fred Koratko, Cornelius Bialk, George Barber, and Harry Stikarski."There's no lack of supplies to keep the soup kitchen going at Local 50 headquarters. That's the supply committee pictured above with part of a day's collection from willing local merchants, who have been contributing to the strikers."- Wisconsin CIO News
March 22, 1948
Eisenscher, Edmund, 1909-1995 (photographer)
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Packinghouse Workers Strike Kitchen
March 22, 1948
Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glover, Joe Catanese, and Henry Cabell.The Uni...
Dairy Cooperative Supports Packinghouse Workers Strike
March 22, 1948
A driver for Dairy Distributors, Inc. cooperative of Watertown, Wisconsin delivering milk to strikers' soup kitchen."Several dairies have volunteered to help the United Packinghouse Workers striker...
Packinghouse Workers Picket Line
March 22, 1948
Members of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America and their families walking the picket line."Picket Duty - Everyone's Job" Even the youngsters, potential union members, co-operate to gi...
Allis-Chalmers Strikers
October 28, 1946
Striking members of Local 248, United Automobile Workers, discuss strategy outside the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company plant.
Packinghouse Workers Protesting at Armour and Co.
April 20, 1948
Packinghouse workers and their CIO supporters protest Armour and Company's "back-to-work" day, April 20, 1948."The 'back to work' movement of Armour & Co., an effort to break the seven week old str...
Police Arresting Allis-Chalmers Striker
December 4, 1946
Police arresting an Allis-Chalmers striker.
