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Contract Negotiations
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Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with head in hands, exhibits obvious fatigue and frustration during the 1961 Armour contract negotiations. Fellow negotiater Jesse Prosten is on the left.
1961
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1961 |
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| Language | English |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 25 x 16 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1903-1980 |
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| Call Number | M79-517 |
| Catalog Record | https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911124690702121 |
| Finding Aid | https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-micr0935 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Contract Bargaining
1961
Heated contract negotiations of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
Ralph Helstein
Waist-up studio portrait of Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
Ralph Helstein
Quarter-length portrait of Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
Orear and Helstein
Leslie Orear, (left) labor historian and editor of the Packinghouse Worker magazine, with Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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...
Contract Ratification Vote
October 1962
Members of United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 783 voting on the contract with the Swift Company.
