Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54
(Part of the The Working Class in American History Series)
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Rick Halpern examines the links between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking industry. Drawing on oral histories and archival materials, Halpern explores the experiences of and relationship between black and white workers in a fifty-year period that included labor actions during World War I, Armour's violent reaction to union drives in the late 1930s, and organizations like the Stockyards Labor Council and the United Packinghouse...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252066332
ISBN13:9780252066337
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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