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Sorting Onions
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A truck from the field is dumping a load of onions onto a conveyor belt to be inspected, sorted, and bagged. Workers in the background, who were represented by Local P-78 of the AMCBWNA, are standing in the shade created by a roof of corrugated steel and packing boxes.
1972
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1972 |
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| Language | English |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 12 x 12 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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Sorting Onions
1972
White onions are bouncing along a conveyor belt on their way to be inspected, sorted, and bagged.
Sorting Onions
1972
Slightly elevated view of two women, members of Amalgamated Meatcutters local P78, inspecting onions, probably at a warehouse in California.
Contract Bargaining
1961
Heated contract negotiations of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
Butchering Beef
Using a power tool, a member of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America is cutting up a hanging beef carcass.
Fur Union Worker
The Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen International included individuals once represented by the Fur and Leather Workers Union. A union member is sewing a piece of fur.
Union Election
February 6, 1973
Local P-28 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union votes for their officers.
