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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local 442 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1972-36
Abstract:
The collection consists of records of Local 442 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America from 1918-1968. These records describe the business activities of Local 442 including the Meat Cutter's strikes of 1939 over agreements and of 1945 for a new contract to give union members a holiday on New Year's Day. A meat shortage of the mid-1940s resulted in a drop on the number of new members, loss and unemployment of old members, and dwindling money...
Dates:
1918-1968, 1987
Found in:
Special Collections
United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers records
Collection
Identifier: L1979-34
Abstract:
The Records, 1943-1969, of the United Packinghouse Workers of America consist largely of photographs, but also include a file of correspondence, newsclippings, pamphlets, and handbills.
Dates:
1943-1968
Found in:
Special Collections