Labor rights in the American meatpacking industry are largely regulated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which regulates union organization...

The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution...

Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified...

States labor law History of labor law in the United States Duty of fair representation Employee Free Choice Act Union organizer Labor rights in American meatpacking...

society Labor rights in American meatpacking industry Schlosser, Eric (January 17, 2001). Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. HarperCollins...

power of organized labor in the United States is the outcome of historical tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working...

Kristina Gehrmann and translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger. Labor rights in American meatpacking industry Investigative journalism Watchdog journalism Sinclair...

Americans to remit money to Guatemala and support their families. A large portion of Nebraska's Maya population works in the meatpacking industry. In...

of America (UPWA), later the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, was a labor union that represented workers in the meatpacking industry. Between...

center of America's meatpacking industry. During the same period, its facility in Omaha, Nebraska, boomed, making the city's meatpacking industry the largest...

processing and capacity reduction of meatpacking companies. By September 13, 2020, at least 42,534 workers at meatpacking plants had contracted the coronavirus...

early 20th century, except in the South which added children in textile and other industries. Child labor remained common in the agricultural sector until...

to animals in the meat industry Certain animal rights advocates and groups believe that the production of meat is unethical and the industry should be...

income. In early August 2008, Iowa Labour Commissioner David Neil announced that his department had found that Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking company...

African American.[citation needed] Addie Wyatt contributed to the change of the meatpacking industry by being a forefront component in the labor unions...

foster a socialist revolution in the United States, played a significant role in defending the civil rights of African Americans during its most influential...

tendencies were involved in early American labor organizations and struggles. These reached a high point in the Haymarket massacre in Chicago, which founded...

such as labor shortages in northern factories brought about by World War I, resulting in thousands of jobs in steel mills, railroads, meatpacking plants...

Cutters v. Connally Canadian Food and Allied Workers Labor rights in American meatpacking industry Foner 1964. Barrett 1990; Brody 1964; Halpern 1997....

rights part of their organizing strategy and bargaining priorities: they gained improvements for workers in meatpacking in Chicago and Omaha, and in the...

William Z. Foster (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as...

and meatpacking operations. According to Patterson, by the 1850s the construction of Union Stock Yards turned meatpacking into a major industry and Chicago...

protecting labor rights, and the rights of labor unions. While the modern progressive movement may be characterized as largely secular in nature, the...

system—coupled with rising labor costs connected to unionization and the antiquation of outdated factories was causing the meatpacking industry to decentralize and...

(UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing...

jobs. Industry buildup for World War I pulled thousands of workers to the North, as did the rapid expansion of railroads, and the meatpacking and steel...

Brazilian-owned meatpacking firm, USDA says". Washington Post. Retrieved January 9, 2019 – via MSN News. MOLTENI, MEGAN (7 May 2020). "Why Meatpacking Plants Have...

labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of...

was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960. A major player in the history...

African-American population in Omaha doubled to more than 10,000, as new migrants were attracted by jobs in the expanding meatpacking industry. More than...