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Kennedy and Labor Leaders
May 16, 1963
President John F. Kennedy meeting with delegates to the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workers Union in the White House rose garden. The labor leaders were in town for a legislative and COPE ...
Packinghouse Strike
April 1962
Four members of Milwaukee Local 248 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America on strike against the Monarch company. The UPWA had a long history of organizing integrated locals.
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...
Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders
May 16, 1963
President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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...
Groundbreaking
July 1957
Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony.
