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Strikers' Message
1959
Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
Swift Workers on Strike
September 1959
Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 167 on strike outside the Swift & Co. plant in St. Paul.
Patrick Gorman
Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, with Hilton Hanna, of Madison, Wisconsin, also a leader in that international union.
Contract Bargaining
1961
Heated contract negotiations of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
Swift Strikers
1959
Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being loaded on a train.
Packinghouse Picnic
1953
Children playing outdoors at the Packinghouse Workers summer picnic.
